MS HB1134

Requires the State Board of Education to request governing authorities appoint (rather than elect) superintendents when reconstituting, reorganizing, or changing abolished school districts, even if the superintendent position was previously elected.

Prohibits any board member or superintendent serving at the time the Governor declares a state of emergency in an abolished school district from holding that office in the reconstituted district.

Amends Section 37-5-71 to allow county superintendents to be appointed when a school district is being reconstituted under Section 37-17-13, in addition to existing appointive provisions.

Requires the Mississippi Attorney General to submit the act to the U.S. Attorney General or U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for approval under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Takes effect upon approval under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.