10/9/2023 - Jackson, Miss.

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning will hold a special called meeting on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. for the purpose of discussing a personnel matter concerning the search for the next president of Jackson State University. Members of the Board may participate in the meeting via teleconference or an online meeting platform. Members of the public and media may attend the meeting in the Ainsworth Conference Room on the 1st floor of the School of Pharmacy Building on the campus of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39216. An Executive Session may be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act.

The Open Meetings Act, Mississippi Code §25-41-7(4)(k) provides:

"(4) A public body may hold an executive session pursuant to this section for one or more of the following reasons:

(k) Transaction of business and discussions regarding employment or job performance of a person in a specific position or termination of an employee holding a specific position. The exemption provided by this paragraph includes transaction of business and discussion in executive session by the board of trustees of a public hospital regarding any employee or medical staff member or applicant for medical staff privileges and any such individual's credentialing, health, performance, salary, raises or disciplinary action. The exemption provided by this paragraph includes the right to enter into executive session concerning a line item in a budget which might affect the termination of an employee or employees. All other budget items shall be considered in open meetings and final budgetary adoption shall not be taken in executive session."

The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning governs the public universities in Mississippi, including Alcorn State University; Delta State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi State University including the Mississippi State University Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; Mississippi University for Women; Mississippi Valley State University; the University of Mississippi including the University of Mississippi Medical Center; and the University of Southern Mississippi.

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