Mississippi Legislature

1999 Regular Session

House Education Committee

As of 04/28/99 at 14:03

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HB  14  Average daily attendance; include expelled students in.   Formby
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  30  School social workers; allot funds under Minimum          Flaggs
        Education Program.                                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  31  Teacher licensure; delete national examination as         Flaggs
        prerequisite.                                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  32  Kindergarten; mandate attendance under compulsory         Flaggs
        school attendance law.                                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  68  Comprehensive Evaluation Report; require State            Scott (80th)
        Department of Education to prepare.                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  76  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Scott (80th) *
        appointed superintendents.                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB  79  Teacher licensure; require state-administered             Scott (80th)
        examination of achievement to predict success of       
        teacher in classroom.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 121  Surplus school property; authorize districts to sell at   Miles
 *      auction without first receiving competitive bids.      
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 129  Home Economics; delete repealer on statutes requiring     Scott (17th)
        high schools to teach.                                 
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 133  Minimum Education Program; include percentage of local    Perkins
        gaming revenue earmarked for education in "other local 
        revenue sources".                                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 134  Schools; require African-American history course and      Perkins
        drug education programs.                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 138  Schools; scoliosis screening required in.                 Moak
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 158  Education Enhancement Fund; allocate funds to fully       Guice
        fund tuition assistance programs.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 161  School boards; elect in all school districts.             Moore
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 162  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore
        scholastic year.                                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 176  Teachers; require in-service staff development workshop   Flaggs
        in sensitivity training.                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 177  Teachers; require SDE to develop fringe benefits          Flaggs
        package of preventive care measures.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 186  African-American teachers; require Mississippi Teacher    Flaggs
        Center to study recruitment of.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 187  Mentoring program; require Department of Education to     Flaggs
        develop for students.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 188  Summer School Enrichment Program; authorize school        Flaggs
        districts to provide.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 196  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Scott (80th)
        read a minimum of four books per school year.          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 197  Schools; require all students to wear uniforms in         Scott (80th)
   %    districts selected for participation in a pilot        
        program.                                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 202  Parental visitation sessions; require in public           Scott (80th)
        schools.                                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 203  School in-service training; require two days for          Scott (80th)
        behavior management techniques.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 207  Parental visitation sessions; require in public           Scott (80th)
        schools.                                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 215  Teachers, retired; may be employed as teachers in         Morris
        certain districts and receive retirement benefits.     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 226  Sixteenth section land; authorize sale of to certain      Moak
        armed Services veterans.                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 237  School districts; authorize child whose residence         Johnson
        changes to complete school year in district of choice. 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 240  Teachers' salaries; increase to southeastern average.     Moak
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 246  Education; revise various provisions.                     Flaggs
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 247  School districts; not required to enroll persons unable   Manning
 *      to graduate by age twenty-one.                         
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 249  Education Accountability and Assessment Support Center;   Manning
        create.                                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 254  Sixteenth and lieu lands; authorize sale to homeowners.   Manning
   %       02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 255  School employees; authorize payment for all unused        Manning
        leave upon retirement.                                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 256  School boards; delete authority to designate person       Johnson
        other than superintendent for selection of             
        administrators.                                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 257  School districts; require annual report to State Board    Johnson
        of Education on renovation and repair needs.           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 306  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Smith (35th)
  $%    tuition oganizations.                                  
           02/24 (H) Died In Committee
HB 323  Teachers; establish performance pay plan.                 Cameron
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Teachers; establish World Class Teachers Program.         Cameron
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 355  Youth Challenge Program; authorize National Guard to      Weathersby
        award adult high school diploma to certain graduates.  
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 360  Suspension or expulsion; clarify authority regarding      King
   %    student whose presence is detrimental to educational   
        environment.                                           
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 383  School boards; elect in all school districts.             Broomfield
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 392  School bonds; majority approval required when district    Evans
        has no outstanding indebtedness.                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 394  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Dedeaux
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 435  Social workers; fund under Minimum Education Program.     Scott (17th)
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 437  School voucher program; require State Department of       Ketchings
        Education to establish.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 438  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Ketchings
  $%    tuition organizations and for extracurricular activity 
        fees.                                                  
           02/24 (H) Died In Committee
HB 445  High school football teams; restrict distance to          Dedeaux *
        regular season games.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 471  Teachers, assistant teachers and certain other school     McCoy
 *      employees; increase salaries.                          
           04/05 Approved by Governor
HB 500  School voucher program; require State Department of       Cameron
        Education to establish.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 522  School curriculum; authorize program for character        Smith (35th)
        education.                                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 524  Schools; require teaching of certain research-based       Smith (35th)
        reading instruction.                                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 539  Dyslexia testing pilot programs; extend repealer.         Ford
 *         03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 572  Compulsory school attendance; FFA or 4-H livestock        Holland
        shows are excused absences.                            
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 583  School counselors; require salaries to be equivalent to   McInnis
        salaries of teachers.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 585  Schools; increase experience requirements for             McInnis
        superintendents and principals.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 630  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fund with state   Saucier
   %    gaming revenues.                                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 643  Ad valorem taxes; school boards' authority to increase    Denny
   %    without referendum approval.                           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 688  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Holden
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 689  Extracurricular school activities; prohibit in school     Frierson
        districts with low accreditation.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 691  School Employment Procedures Law; require good cause      Frierson
        for nonreemployment decisions.                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 694  Beginning teacher support program; authorize school       Frierson
 *      districts to compensate mentor teachers participating  
        in.                                                    
           03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 695  Nationally certified teachers; authorize local school     Frierson
 *      districts and private entities to pay certification    
        costs and be reimbursed.                               
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 696  School districts; change teacher-student ratio in K-4     Moss
        to 1:20.                                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 705  Alternative school programs; require separate space for   Moss
        students in Grades 5 and lower.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 706  Mississippi School of Fine Arts; create.                  Barnett (92nd)
 *         04/23 Approved by Governor
HB 747  Teachers' salaries; increase to average income of         Saucier
        legislators.                                           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 750  Nonlicensed school employees; authorize superintendent    Manning
        to assign without school board approval.               
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 751  Beginning Principal Support Pilot Program; establish      Manning
 *      under School Executive Management Institute.           
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 755  School counselors; fund under minimum education program   Clarke
        for K-8.                                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 756  Physical education instructors; fund under minimum        Clarke
        program for elementary schools.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 789  School counselors; pay annual supplement for National     Stringer
        Certified School Counselor Endorsement.                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 802  Open enrollment; authorize students to attend any         Ketchings
        school within district.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 820  Money management skills; include in certain secondary     King
 *      level courses.                                         
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 823  Public school classrooms; require brief period of quiet   Broomfield
        reflection.                                            
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 886  Open enrollment; require policy allowing students to      Johnson
        attend any public school in state.                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 887  School building plans; require Department of Education    Johnson
        to hire staff architects to develop.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 920  Mississippi Excellent Reading Grant Program; create       Martinson
        under State Department of Education.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 930  School districts, municipal; provide for board member     Robinson (84th)
   %    from added territory and authorize transfer to adjacent
        district.                                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 931  School districts with added territory; authorize          Robinson (84th)
   %    automatic student transfers.                           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 933  School districts; require certain officials to attend     Robinson (84th)
        budget hearings.                                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 934  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Robinson (84th)
        appointed superintendents of.                          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 946  School boards; establish minimum educational and          McCoy
        meeting attendance requirements.                       
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 960  School accreditation and statewide assessment testing;    McCoy
   %    revise various provisions.                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 964  School districts; prohibit termination of employee        Blackmon
        contracts for constitutionally impermissible reasons.  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 965  Schools; require health class for seventh graders and     Blackmon
        allot funds therefor.                                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 967  Schools; increase percentage of nonlicensed teachers      Blackmon
        in.                                                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 968  School Employment Procedures Law; require                 Blackmon
        nonreemployment of licensed employees to be based on   
        good cause.                                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 970  School Employment Procedures Law; delete provisions       Blackmon
        relating to tenure.                                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB 973  Family support centers and parent education programs;     Scott (17th)
 *   V  authorize pilot program under Department of Education. 
           04/21 Vetoed
HB 999  Assistant teachers; authorize use of minimum program      Scott (17th)
        allotment to hire licensed teachers.                   
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1000  School discipline; prescribe additional requirements      King
        for code of student conduct and automatic expulsion for
        disruptive students.                                   
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1002  Assistant teachers; authorize persons holding GED to      Frierson
        serve as.                                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1014  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Young
        quiet reflection.                                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1022  Teachers; establish alternative for licensure for         Grist
        applicants failing national exam.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1023  Public education; require Legislature to appropriate a    Manning
        minimum percentage of General Fund to.                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1029  Superintendent of schools; office maintained by school    Bozeman
        board rather than county in certain districts.         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1037  School district employee teacher-scholar incentive        Wallace
        grant program; create.                                 
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1038  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher loans      Wallace
        for persons agreeing to teach in public school or      
        university.                                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1039  William Winter Teacher Scholar Loan Program; available    Wallace
        to students preparing to be school administrators.     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1054  Sixteenth section agricultural land; authorize            Warren
        reclassification as farm residential land.             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1082  Mississippi Landmark Grant Program; establish under       McCoy
 *      Department of Archives and History.                    
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB1106  Teachers; school boards may dismiss or refuse             Davis
        employment to persons convicted of a felony.           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1116  Schools; allow certain grandparents to enroll students    Clarke
        in school.                                             
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1124  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; supp.      Ishee
        salary for those in public schools achieving cert. of  
        clinical competence.                                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1134  Dyslexia; mandate testing and appropriate service for     Martinson
        public school students in need.                        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1140  Assistant teachers; increase salaries.                    Davis
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1143  Sixteenth section lands; revise requirements concerning   Livingston
 *      accounting of educable children and division of funds. 
           04/15 Approved by Governor
HB1180  Abstinence; teach as part of school health program.       Wallace
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1191  School attendance officers; clarify treatment of          Grist
 *      accumulated leave upon transfer to SDE.                
           04/16 Approved by Governor
HB1211  Tobacco funds; use to create pilot project to keep        Clarke
        children in school.                                    
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1218  Sixteenth section land; allow board of education to       Simpson
 *      grant right-of-way.                                    
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1234  Task Force on a Prekindergarten Program in Mississippi;   Scott (17th)
        create.                                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1237  State Department of Education; conduct study on           Clarke
        suspensions and expulsions.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1246  Reading courses; prohibit middle school students from     Martinson
        taking in summer for promotion to next grade.          
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1248  Reading instruction; establish requirements for certain   Martinson
        elementary school students.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1253  National educational certification programs; require      Manning
 *      State Department of Education to study.                
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB1254  Sixteenth section lands; authorize certain sales to       Eaton
   %    homeowners.                                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1255  State Department of Education; create task force to       Clarke
        study classification of school employees.              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1285  School attendance officers; transfer employment           Wallace
        responsibility to local school districts.              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1303  Literacy; establish the Mississippi Center for Adult      Martinson
        Literacy.                                              
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1311  School board; prescribe procedures for electing members   West
        in certain school district.                            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1318  Excellent Schools Program; provide incentive grants for   Montgomery
        improving schools/provide oversight by SDE for         
        low-performing schools.                                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1323  High school athletics; require physician at events        West
        having significant physical contact.                   
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1335  Critical teacher shortage programs; authorize teachers    Ketchings
        to serve in approved nonpublic schools.                
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1342  School violence and safety; new programs relating to.     Manning
           02/11 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1345  Limited open enrollment policy; establish for students    Cameron
        in Level 1 and 2 school districts.                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1368  State Department of Education; develop program with       Warren
        juvenile justice system to decrease juvenile offenders.
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1373  School superintendents; prohibit payments supplemental    Banks
        to salary paid by school district.                     
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1383  Teachers; authorize Three-for-Three Teacher Relocation    Scott (80th)
        Program.                                               
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1388  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Scott (80th)
  $%    of State School for Children.                          
           02/24 (H) Died In Committee
HB1390  Social workers; provide in certain schools having high    Scott (80th)
        incidences of crime and violence.                      
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1396  Counselors; provide in elementary schools.                Scott (80th)
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1398  Recreational Facilities Activity Fund; create and use     Scott (80th)
        for recreational facilities on school property.        
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1399  Health Education Program; require implementation in       Scott (80th)
        K-12 by 2001-2002 school year.                         
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1407  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Scott (80th)
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1411  Lieu lands; authorize certain counties to make            Huddleston
   %    restitution to school districts for sales proceeds     
        from.                                                  
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1425  Retirement; establish Deferred Retirement Option          Dedeaux
        Program for teachers with 25 years' service.           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1426  Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and          Manning
        Education Consolidation Act of 1999; enact.            
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1443  Alternative schools; require Department of Education to   Warren
        develop various programs and reports.                  
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1448  Proprietary School and College Registration Law;          Franks
 * %    restore fee based on school's annual tuition income.   
           03/25 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1454  School attendance officers; revise various provisions     Bailey
        relating to.                                           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1459  Education Enhancement Funds; establish fine for           Frierson
        violations of classroom supplies provisions.           
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1460  Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish.           Grist *
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1468  School Attendance Officers; revise various provisions.    Clarke
           02/02 (H) Died In Committee
HB1481  Lauderdale County Board of Education; require municipal   Robinson (84th)
        school district to consent to transfer of certain      
        students.                                              
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB1649  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Smith (35th)
  $%    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           02/24 (H) Died In Committee
SB2121  School curriculum; authorize program for character        Jordan (24th)
 *      education.                                             
           03/31 Approved by Governor
SB2156  Assistance program for schools failing to meet            Ferris
 * %    accreditation; provide accountability and incentive    
        grants.                                                
           03/19 Approved by Governor
SB2158  Master teacher certification; authorize payment of        Ferris
 *      fringe benefits and reimbursement of process cost paid 
        by local district.                                     
           03/29 (S) Died In Conference
SB2186  Salaries of teachers and assistant teachers; increase.    Ferris
 *         03/10 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2190  Beginning Principal Support Pilot Program; establish      Ferris
        under School Executive Management Institute.           
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2275  Proprietary School and College Registration law;          Ferris
   %    restore fee based on school's annual tuition income.   
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2404  Students required to be assigned to alternative           Bean
 * %    schools; clarify school disciplinary authority.        
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2506  Education of exceptional children in compliance with      Thames
 *      federal law; require, establish complaint procedures,  
        etc.                                                   
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2508  Salary supplement for school counselors who obtain        Farris
 *      national certification; authorize.                     
           04/23 Approved by Governor
SB2609  Pre-kindergarten "Parents as Teachers Pilot Program";     Carter
 *      State Board of Education shall establish.              
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2618  Task Force on the Development and Implementation of       Ferris
 *      Comprehensive Early Childhood Services in Mississippi; 
        create.                                                
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2796  Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and          Burton
 *      Education Consolidation Act of 1999; enact.            
           04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2914  Long-term substitute teachers; provide funding under      Walls
 *      the Minimum Program.                                   
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2960  Salary supplement for speech pathologists who obtain      Farris
 *      national certification; authorize.                     
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB3025  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Farris
 *      for public schools.                                    
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB3043  Budget and business operation authority of school         Ferris
 * %    districts; revise.                                     
           03/02 (H) Died In Committee



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