Mississippi Legislature

1997 Regular Session

House Education Committee

As of 12/08/97 at 11:31

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HB   2  School districts; authorize rewards for confiscation of   Manning
        illegal firearms.                                      
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB   5  School boards; authorize to allow leave for school        Manning
        employees at same rate as state employees.             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB   8  Schools; require African-American history course and      Perkins
        drug education programs.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  14  Schools; increase salaries of teachers, assistant         Frierson
 *      teachers and other school employees.                   
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB  23  Schools; require each school district to operate an       Clark
        alternative school program by 1997-1998 school year.   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  24  School facilities; authorize school boards to allow use   Clark
   %    of for child care services.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  25  Compulsory school attendance enforcement, department      Clark
 *      of; establish under Office of State Auditor.           
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB  47  Accident and health insurance; require coverage for       Green (72nd)
   %    students participating in school athletics.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  52  Schools; require emphasis on responsible sexual           Martinson
        behavior and prevention of drug use.                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  61  Schools; require one minute of quiet reflection upon      Clark
        opening of each school day.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  91  Proprietary schools; decrease amount of surety bond       Endt
        required for certificate of registration for.          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 104  Sixteenth section land; allow board of education to       Robinson (84th)
   %    sell permits to hunt and fish on certain.              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 105  Sixteenth section land; revise hunting and fishing        Robinson (84th)
        requirements on.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 106  School district superintendents; require classroom and    Simmons (100th)
        administrative experience.                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 108  Alternative school programs; extend repealer.             Ford
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 121  Schools, elementary; minimum program allotment for        Holden
        employing counselors in.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 122  Schools; require fifth grade field trip to state          Holden
        correctional facility.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 183  Schools; increase teachers' salaries to the               Moak
        southeastern average.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 211  Schools; appointed superintendents in all school          Denny
   %    districts.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 219  School Attendance officers; place under supervision of    Clarke
        State Superintendent of Education.                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 220  Sixteenth section land; authorize sale of to certain      Moak
        Armed Services veterans.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 223  Textbooks; increase allocation by One Million Dollars     Moak
        for one year to purchase.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 224  Schools; scoliosis screening required in.                 Moak
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 228  School boards; delete authority to increase ad valorem    Moak
   %    taxes automatically.                                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 229  Ad valorem taxes; delete school board's authority to      Denny
   %    increase taxes without referendum approval.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 239  Sixteenth section land; suspend bid requirements for      Stevens
 *      governmental agency on mineral lease.                  
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 313  Schools; grant immunity to certain employees              King
 *      administering corporal punishment.                     
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB 318  Abstinence; teach as part of school health program.       Green (72nd)
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 319  Schools; require public high schools to teach course      Green (72nd)
        including issues of slavery, genocide and the          
        holocaust.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 324  School districts; mandatory referendum on ad valorem      Reeves
   %    tax increase above fiscal year 1997 rate.              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 325  School districts; mandatory referendum on ad valorem      Reeves
   %    tax increases above certain millage rate.              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Schools; incorporate law-related education                Dickson
        instructional approach.                                
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 338  Mississippi Teacher Center; extend repealer.              Ford
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 339  Tort Claims; extend repealer for payment from old         Ford
        Accident Contingent Tort Fund.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 345  School boards; authorize members who are federal          Johnson
    @   employees to choose salary or per diem in same manner  
        as other members.                                      
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 351  Dyslexia pilot programs in schools; extend SDE            Broomfield
        reporting date and repealer.                           
           03/24 Approved by Governor
HB 355  School Districts; establish homerule if accredited at     Guice
        level III, IV or V.                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 357  School districts; require all boards of trustees to be    Reeves
        elected.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 361  School districts; require certain officials to attend     Robinson (84th)
        budget hearings.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 362  School districts, municipal; provide for board member     Robinson (84th)
   %    from added territory and authorize transfer to adjacent
        district.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 371  Sixteenth and lieu lands; authorize sale to homeowners.   Manning
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 406  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Green (34th)
        provisions.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 414  Alternative school; authorize administration of GED       Manning
   %    testing program in.                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 432  Charter Schools; exempt from State Board of Education     Cameron
        regulations.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 436  Sixteenth section lands; delete timber income from        Livingston
        calculation of minimum education program grants.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 438  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore
        scholastic year.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 459  Schools; increase experience requirements for             McInnis
        superintendents and principals.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 485  Teachers; increase salaries during next three school      Chaney
        years.                                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 494  Teachers; establish world class teachers program.         Cameron
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 499  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Livingston
 *      provisions.                                            
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 541  Teachers, public school; require criminal history         Moore
        background checks for applicants.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 555  Municipal school boards; require appointed members to     Myers
        reside within municipality.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 598  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Livingston
        provisions.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 609  School Attendance Officers; place under Office of         Frierson
        Educational Accountability.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 610  School districts; revise provisions authorizing           Frierson
   %    transfer of students between.                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 611  Teacher contracts; authorize school districts to          Taylor
        execute pending issuance of teacher certificates.      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 624  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for public school   McCoy
  $%    capital improvements.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 641  Teachers; establish performance pay plan.                 Cameron
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 652  State Education Technology Bonds; clarify authority to    McCoy
   %    use for Tech-Prep Fund.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 666  School Boards; elect in all school districts.             Broomfield
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 675  Textbooks, school; allocate share of Education            Ketchings
 *      Enhancement Fund for certain nonpublic schools.        
           04/24 Approved by Governor
HB 676  School districts; mandate countywide consolidation in     Guice
   %    certain larger counties.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 679  Teachers, public school; authorize criminal history       Chaney
 *      background checks for applicants.                      
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 708  Schools; require hours of school day to be from 8:00 to   Scott (80th)
        4:00 in all districts.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 712  Sixteeth section lands; revise agricultural lease         Green (34th)
        provisions, Version 2.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 732  School bonds; majority approval required when district    Evans
        has no outstanding indebtedness.                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 735  Bonds, school districts; prohibit attorneys fees from     Martinson
        being based on a percentage of bonds issued.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 767  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for additional      McCoy
  $%    funding of Tech-Prep Fund.                             
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 830  Sixteenth Section Lands; prohibit leasing to persons      Robinson (84th)
   %    domiciled outside Mississippi.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 845  Bonds; issue additional to fully fund State Public        Manning
  $%    School Building Fund.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 870  Juveniles; create regimented inmate discipline program    Malone
        for.                                                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 872  School counselors; require salaries to be equivalent to   McInnis
        salaries of teachers.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 923  Schools;  increase percentage of noncertificated          Blackmon
        teachers in.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 963  School elementary; minimum program allotment for          Dedeaux
        employing counselors in.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 985  National Teacher Examination; replace with college of     Manning
   %    education entrance examination.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 994  Alternative schools; clarify discretionary authority of   Weathersby
        school officials to place certain suspended students   
        in.                                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1002  School nurses; delay mandate for each school district     Weathersby
        until state fully funds.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1005  Schools; clarify authority to suspend or expel students   Weathersby
        for possession of any controlled substance.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1028  School districts; require payment to Department of        Howell
        Human Services for students placed in training schools.
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1029  State Education Technology Bonds; clarify authority to    Chaney
   %    use for Tech-Prep Fund.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1030  School districts; elect members of all school boards in   Chaney
        2001.                                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1035  Teachers; revise salary scale.                            King
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1038  School districts; establish home rule authority for       Chaney
        districts achieving level 3 or higher accreditation.   
           02/13 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1043  Assistant teachers; fund under minimum program for        Moss
        kindergarten classes.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1104  Sixteenth section lands; authorize exchange of separate   Dedeaux
        lieu land parcels for contiguous tract.                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1123  School district accreditation; require districts to       McCoy
        comply with standards concerning fixed assets audits.  
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB1146  Education Enhancement Fund; earmark percentage of         Livingston
        ending cash balance funds for teacher salary increases.
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1152  School Attendance Officers; place under supervision of    Weathersby
        school superintendent.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1155  School administrators; grant certification to             Richardson
        administrators certified in other states without       
        testing.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1158  Teachers; grant certification to certain teachers         Richardson
        certified out of state without further tests.          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184  School districts; reduce teacher-student ratio in K-4     Moss
        to 1:20.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1188  Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish.           Saucier
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1191  Teachers; establish alternative to National Teachers      Grist
        Examination passage for certification.                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1218  Alternative school programs; require separate space for   Moss
        students in Grades 5 and lower.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1236  Schools; may use video cameras to monitor student         Walker
 *      discipline.                                            
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB1250  Teachers; decrease minimum number of contract days for    Woods
        full school year.                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1270  Sixteenth section lands; authorize transfer for road      Stringer
 *      right-of-way purposes.                                 
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1293  Schools; require schools teaching evolution to indicate   Wells-Smith
        that it is only a theory.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1294  Schools; provide equal instruction time for teaching      Wells-Smith
        the theories about the origin of life, including       
        evolution and creation science.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1301  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Moore
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1307  Minimum Education Program; include percentage of local    Perkins
        gaming revenue earmarked for education in "other local 
        revenue sources".                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1314  School Attendance Officers; place under Attorney          Frierson
        General.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1315  Teachers certification; require skills in                 Martinson
   %    research-based reading instruction.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1349  School curriculum; require program for character          Banks
        education.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1359  Public schools; require screening of kindergarten         Martinson
        students for phonemic awareness.                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1360  Teachers; require five days of in-service training in     Martinson
        reading instruction for K-3.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1361  Schools; require schools to teach certain                 Martinson
        research-based reading instruction.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1362  Research-based reading instruction; implement as pilot    Martinson
 *      program in five schools.                               
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1363  State Department of Education; require to assume          Chaney
        governance of all athletic activities of the public    
        schools.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1368  Teachers and assistant teachers; guarantee the right to   Frierson
        eat lunch.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1381  Schools; increase teachers' salaries to the               Bourdeaux
        southeastern average.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1386  School Employment Procedures Law of 1977; revisions to.   Franks
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1387  Mississippi Essential Knowledge and Skills Report;        Martinson
        State Department of Education to prepare.              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1408  Tort Claims Fund; authorize payment above limitation on   Green (96th)
        school bus accident claim.                             
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1416  Student teaching; exempt assistant teachers and private   Miles
 *      school teachers from requirements.                     
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1421  Driver education programs; clarify nonpublic schools'     Reynolds
   %    authority to establish.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1422  Recreational Facilities Activity Fund; create and use     Scott (80th)
        for recreatioinal facilities on school property.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1452  Teacher contracts; require certain provisions and         Frierson
        delivery before May 15.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1474  School administrators; exempt persons having begun        Eaton
 *      certification process from new requirements.           
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1476  School transportation contracts; increase maximum term    Johnson
 *      for private contracts.                                 
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB1489  Schools; require all students to wear uniforms.           Scott (80th)
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1495  School district accreditation; authorize consideration    Chaney
        of variables affecting student performance.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1527  Abstinence, to be taught in schools; Teen Pregnancy       Scott (80th)
        Pilot Program, establish.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1547  National Teachers Examination; authorize persons          Scott (80th)
        failing to teach five years while retaking exam.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1548  Education, State Department of; conduct study to          Scott (80th)
        determine if curriculum is academically challenging.   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1555  Teacher certification; teachers may select college        King
        coursework as option for renewal.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1563  National Teachers Examination; authorize certain          Dickson
        persons who fail to teach in geographical shortage     
        areas.                                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1584  Teacher certification; exempt holders of master's of      Walker
        education degree from state testing requirements.      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1589  School superintendents; prohibit payments supplemental    Banks
        to salary paid by school district.                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1596  Teachers; authorize superintendents to offer contracts    Broomfield
        conditioned upon graduation and certification.         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1601  Teacher education cooperative program; establish in       Frierson
 *      Mississippi colleges.                                  
           04/23 Approved by Governor
HB1617  Education enhancement funds; clarify expenditure for      Davis (102nd)
        classroom supplies.                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1618  Teachers, retired; authorize reemployment as teachers     Weathersby
        and retirement benefits paid to trust account.         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1620  Alternative school programs; delete repealer and waive    King
 *      certain accreditation requirements.                    
           03/31 (H) Died In Conference
HB1628  School counselors; require school districts to employ     Holden
        one per every 500 students.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1629  School administrators; require State Department of        Holden
        Education to prepare report on.                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1637  School attendance officers; increase maximum number per   Wells-Smith
        county.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1646  School attendance officers; create separate agency for    Frierson
        supervision.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1650  Health Education Program; require implementation in       Scott (80th)
        K-12 by 1999-2000 school year.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1660  Teachers; establish alternative to NTE passage for        Gadd
 *      certification.                                         
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1664  School districts; provide certain annexation procedures   Ellis
        and incentive grants.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1666  Summer Youth School-to-Work Transition Program;           Scott (80th)
        establish.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1672  Charter schools; authorize local public schools to        Chaney
 *      become.                                                
           04/24 Approved by Governor
HB1674  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Chaney
   %    appointed superintendents of.                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1676  School districts; elect members of all school boards in   Rogers
        2001.                                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1681  Library Commission; revise membership.                    Dedeaux
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1687  Charter School Act; create.                               Ketchings
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1690  School districts; elect all school board members and      Huddleston
        appoint all superintendents.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1698  School discipline; prescribe additional requirements      King
        for code of student conduct and automatic expulsion for
        disruptive students.                                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1699  Education Enhancement Fund; dedicate certain monies to    Chaney
        increasing K-12 teachers' and college instructors'     
        salaries.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2333  School districts; provide certain consolidation           Ferris
 *      procedures and incentive grants.                       
           03/12 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2335  Master teacher certificate; reimburse teacher for cost    Ferris
 *      of process.                                            
           03/12 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2387  Teachers; increase minimum program salary scale.          Bean
 *         03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2399  School boards; authorize home rule with limitations.      Ferris
 * %       03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2401  School districts; provide certain annexation procedures   Ferris
 *      and elect all school board members.                    
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2412  Mississippi Teacher Center; delete repealer.              Ferris
           03/17 Approved by Governor
SB2413  Alternative school programs; delete repealer and waive    Ferris
 *      certain accreditation requirements.                    
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2460  School districts; prescribe powers and duties of school   Ferris
   %    district financial advisors appointed by State Bd of   
        Education.                                             
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2511  School depository selection; State Treasurer selects if   Ferris
 *      conflict of interest on school board.                  
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2512  Schoolteacher and administrator licensure; revise         Ferris
 *      requirements for standard and special license.         
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2649  Public school finance; implement MS Adequate Education    Bryan
 * %@V  Funding formula.                                       
           04/23 (H) Veto Overridden
SB2655  School curriculum; may include religious matters when     Little
 *      properly included in course of study.                  
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2669  School Administrator Sabbatical Program; establish.       Simmons
 *         03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2709  Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies;       Harden
 *      certain procedures for allocation of.                  
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2711  School board members; require high school education or    Johnson (38th)
        equivalent.                                            
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2716  Deaf Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act;          Nunnelee
 *      establish.                                             
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2788  Sixteenth section school principal fund; clarify          Ferris
        investment of.                                         
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2855  General Educational Development (GED) programs; provide   Ferris
 *      criteria for.                                          
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2875  FY97 funds for Educable Child and School District         Hall
 *      Student Level Database Programs; transfer from minimum 
        program.                                               
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2883  Transportation of pupils; eliminate time restriction on   Johnson (19th)
        private contracts.                                     
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee



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