CLINTON MUN. SEPARATE SCHOOL DIST. v. BYRD

No. 56070.

477 So.2d 237 (1985)

CLINTON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT v. Ken Byrd, Individually, as Father and Adult Next Friend of Tina Byrd; Mary Ann Moore, Individually, as Mother and Adult Next Friend of Lisa Diane Moore.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. David Watkins, John M. Loper, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, for appellant.

T. Mark Sledge, Robert C. Grenfell, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I.

This appeal presents important questions regarding the authority of the public school officials of this state in student discipline matters. By virtue of legislative enactments, school administrators have been vested with substantial discretionary authority respecting such matters, although none that may not be exercised consistent with federal and state constitutions.

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