As Amended
SEC. 37-9-103. Definitions.
As used in Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the word "employee" shall include:
(a) Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel employed by the local school district for a continuous period of two (2) years with that district and required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment; or
(b) Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel who has completed a continuous period of two (2) years of employment in a Mississippi public school district and one (1) full year of employment with the school district of current employment, and who is required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment.
For purposes of Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the term "days" means calendar days.
SOURCE: Laws, 1974, ch. 577, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 459, § 2, HB 527, eff from and after July 1, 2001.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2001