May Board P&P Markup

o Beginning with Spring 2015, the Term Offering Schedule will consist of 19 possible terms to include 15-week terms, 8-week, 4-week, and 3- week mini-terms. Additional mini-terms may be added with the approval of the MELA and the CAO Association.

The proposed terms and their term designation are as follows:

Drop/Add Period Students can drop and/or add MSVCC courses only within the allowed timeframe : .

 8-week and 15-week terms – First 2 days of term  3-week and 4-week terms – First day of the term only

Census Date Annually, the legislature passes a Community and Junior College Appropriation bill, which establishes, with specificity, which students may be counted for the purposes of state reimbursement. The appropriation bill states: “Academic, Technical, Career, Associate Degree Nursing, and 35 Associate Degree Allied Health funds shall be disbursed on the basis of prior year full- time equivalency (FTE) of hours generated during the summer, fall, and spring semesters for each public community and junior college student actually enrolled and in attendance the last day of the sixth week of each semester, or its equivalent, counting only students who reside within the State of Mississippi. However, associate degree nursing students who reside outside the State of Mississippi may be counted for pay purposes.”( MCCB Enrollment Audit and Reporting Guidelines, 2021, p. 7 )

The census date, also referred to as the cut-off date, is the date at which students must be enrolled and in attendance in order to be counted for pay purposes. ( MCCB Enrollment Audit and Reporting Guidelines, 2021, p. 37 )

The MSVCC follows the enrollment guidelines set forth in the MCCB Enrollment Audit and Reporting Guidelines to ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal laws.

Please reference the for information on the census date and the Maximum Number of Allowed Absences Chart.

According to the Community and Junior College Appropriation bill,

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