(1) As used in Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the word “employee” shall include:

(a) Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel employed by the local school district or the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) for a continuous period of two (2) years with that district and required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment; or

(b) Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel who has completed a continuous period of two (2) years of employment in a Mississippi public school district and one (1) full year of employment with the school district of current employment or the MSA, and who is required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment.

(2)

(a) The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of employee as defined in this section employed in any school district after the Governor declares a state of emergency under the provisions of Section 37-17-6(12). The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not be applicable in any school district for the full period of time that those conditions, as defined in Section 37-17-6(12), exist.

(b) The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of teacher, administrator or other employee employed to work in any charter school.

(3) For purposes of Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the term “days” means calendar days.