Change in the method of selecting the county superintendent of education.
Q Has legislation been enacted to change the method of selecting the county superintendent of education in certain counties from the elective method to the appointive method and to provide for a reverse referendum on the question of changing the method of selection and to amend Section 37-5-71, in conformity to the provisions of this act?
A Effective with the term of office beginning on January 1, 2012, the county superintendent of education shall be appointed by the board of education in any county wherein is located the state’s oldest state-supported university, having a population in excess of thirty-eight thousand (38,000) according to the 2000 census and in which Mississippi Highways 6 and 7 intersect. (HB 728, 2009 Regular Session, effective from and after the dated effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act)
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