Mississippi Legislature

2000 Regular Session

House Education Committee

As of 06/21/00 at 13:47

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HB  14  Kindergarten; mandate attendance under compulsory         Flaggs
        school attendance law.                                 
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  15  Teacher licensure; delete national examination as         Flaggs
        prerequisite.                                          
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  16  School social workers; allot funds under Minimum          Flaggs
        Education Program.                                     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  17  Mentoring program; require Department of Education to     Flaggs
        develop for students.                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  18  Teachers; require SDE to develop fringe benefits          Flaggs
        package of preventive care measures.                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  30  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Young
        quiet reflection.                                      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  47  Public school districts; require competitive bidding      Horne
   %    for contracts for certain items sold to students.      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  72  Assistant teachers; increase salaries.                    Davis
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  74  Teachers; school boards may dismiss or refuse             Davis
        employment to persons convicted of a felony.           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB  87  Superintendent of education, county; prohibit voters in   Howell
 *      certain school districts from voting in election for.  
           04/30 Approved by Governor
HB  92  Teachers; establish performance pay plan.                 Cameron
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 106  Assistant teachers; establish GED as minimum              Holland
 *      requirement and authorize employing licensed teachers  
        with funds.                                            
           04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 109  GED certificate; prohibit public agencies from treating   Holland
        differently than high school diploma.                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 139  Teachers; establish World Class Teachers Program.         Cameron
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 148  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Davis
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 155  Schools; scoliosis screening required in.                 Moak
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 162  Teachers; require in-service staff development workshop   Flaggs
        in sensitivity training.                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 163  African-American teachers; require Mississippi Teacher    Flaggs
        Center to study recruitment of.                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 165  Summer School Enrichment Program; authorize school        Flaggs
        districts to provide.                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 173  Schools; require African-American history course and      Perkins
        drug education programs.                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 185  Entrepreneurship education; require State Department of   Fleming
        Education to develop for high schools.                 
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 187  School voucher program; require State Department of       Cameron
        Education to establish.                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 190  Limited open enrollment policy; establish for students    Cameron
        in Level 1 and 2 school districts.                     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 197  Prekindergarten education program; authorize State        Scott (17th)
        Board of Education to implement for four-year-olds.    
           03/16 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 198  Adequate Education Program Funds; delete authority to     Guice
        require program management of capital improvement      
        projects.                                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 234  Surplus school property; authorize districts to sell at   Miles
        auction without first receiving competitive bids.      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 238  Noninstructional school employees; authorize school       Eaton
        boards to designate personnel supervisors to recommend 
        for employment.                                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 277  Sixteenth section land; authorize sale of to certain      Moak
        armed services veterans.                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 293  Exchange of school property; delete requirement that      McCoy
        needed property be adjacent to school grounds.         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 294  Critical Teacher Shortage Act; clarify eligibility of     McCoy
        teachers already in areas to participate in Masters    
        Scholarship Program.                                   
           04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 295  Beginning Principal Support Pilot Program; delete         McCoy
        requirement for annual application.                    
           04/16 Approved by Governor
HB 296  Assistant teacher fund; authorize any school district     McCoy
        to use for employing additional licensed teachers.     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 310  Public schools; authorize display of Ten Commandments     Jennings
 *      in classrooms and other areas.                         
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 318  Automatic expulsion for certain offenses on educational   Robinson (84th)
        property; authorize to be less than a calendar year.   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 320  School districts; require certain officials to attend     Robinson (84th)
        budget hearings.                                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 322  Lauderdale County Board of Education; require municipal   Robinson (84th)
        school district to consent to transfer of certain      
        students.                                              
           05/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 323  School districts with added territory; authorize          Robinson (84th)
   %    automatic student transfers.                           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 334  State poem; designate "My Mississippi" as the official.   Montgomery (15th)
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 342  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Teacher Program; extend     Ford
        repealer.                                              
           04/10 (S) Died In Committee
HB 352  School districts, municipal; provide for board member     Robinson (84th)
   %    from added territory and authorize transfer to adjacent
        district.                                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 353  School counselors and attendance officers; extend         Warren
        immunity for maintaining control and discipline of     
        students.                                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 374  Sixteenth section agricultural land; authorize            Warren
        reclassification as farm residential land.             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 383  State Department of Education; develop program with       Warren
        juvenile justice system to decrease juvenile offenders.
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 384  Alternative schools; require Department of Education to   Warren
        develop various programs and reports.                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 391  Board of trustees of municipal separate school            Holland
        districts; revise certain election procedures.         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 393  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Denny
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 418  Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating         Scott (17th)
 *      Council and Advisory Committee; establish.             
           04/30 Approved by Governor
HB 419  Prekindergarten through kindergarten teachers license;    Scott (17th)
 *      authorize for certain holders of Bachelor of Science   
        Degree.                                                
           05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 451  Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; include    Dedeaux
        private sector experience in computation of years of   
        teaching experience.                                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 460  State ballad; designate "Mississippi, The Promised        Moak
        Land" as official state ballad.                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 464  Classroom supplies funds; continue current distribution   Moore (60th)
        policies after adequate education is fully implemented 
        in 2002.                                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 465  Elected school boards; elect members at general state     Moore (60th)
        and county elections.                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 475  School bus drivers; authorize school districts to         Hamilton
        provide CPR training.                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 476  Nationally certified teachers; extend deadline for        Moore (60th)
        application for $6,000 supplement.                     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 514  Alternative schoool programs; require separate space      Moss
        for students in Grades 5 and lower.                    
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 518  School districts; change teacher-student ratio in K-4     Moss
        to 1:20.                                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 524  School districts' bonded indebtedness; increase           Eads
   %    limitation.                                            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 581  Public school students and employees; require use of      Woods
 *      titles of respect.                                     
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 582  Home schooling; require testing to verify student's       Ishee
        performance at appropriate grade level.                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 583  Research-based reading instruction; require Department    Martinson
        of Education to implement as pilot program.            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 618  Teachers' salaries; increase to Southeastern average.     Moak
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 624  Average daily attendance; include expelled students in.   Formby
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 659  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Fillingane
        quiet reflection.                                      
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 682  School voucher program; require State Department of       Ketchings
        Education to establish.                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 689  Open enrollment; authorize students to attend any         Ketchings
        school within district.                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 691  Critical teacher shortage programs; authorize teachers    Ketchings
        to serve in approved nonpublic schools.                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 721  Virtues; authorize school districts to teach and post     Roberson
        writings on.                                           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 737  Sixteenth section lands; prohibit leasing hunting and     McBride
        fishing rights to state and federal agencies.          
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 750  School boards; elect all.                                 Chism
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 751  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Chism
   %    appointed superintendents.                             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 768  School counselors; fund under minimum education program   Clarke
        for K-8.                                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 776  Suspension or expulsion; clarify authority regarding      Warren
 * %    students whose presence is detrimental to educational  
        environment.                                           
           05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 777  School discipline; prescribe additional requirements      Warren
        for code of student conduct and automatic expulsion for
        disruptive students.                                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 809  Schools; require health class for seventh graders and     Blackmon
        allot funds therefor.                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 810  School Employment Procedures Law; require                 Blackmon
 *      nonreemployment of licensed employees to be based on   
        good cause.                                            
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 812  Schools; increase percentage of nonlicensed teachers      Blackmon
        in.                                                    
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 813  School districts; prohibit termination of employee        Blackmon
        contracts for constitutionally impermissible reasons.  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 822  Teachers; establish alternative for licensure for         Grist
        applicants failing national exam.                      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 845  Educator and administrator licenses; extend expiration    McCoy
        date of certain licenses for new renewal requirement   
        purposes.                                              
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 859  High school athletics; require physician at events        West
        having significant physical contact.                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 892  Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish.           Grist *
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 902  School Safety Center and Crisis Management Program;       Warren
 *      establish in State Department of Education.            
           05/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB 903  School librarians; include public library experience in   Warren
        computation of years of teaching experience.           
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 911  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Whittington
        for public schools.                                    
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 948  School boards; establish meeting attendance               Eads
        requirements for members.                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 978  State Superintendent of Public Education; elect at        Moore (60th)
   %    general state election.                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 979  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore (60th)
        scholastic year.                                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1029  School curriculum; authorize academic Bible courses.      Clark
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1039  School security personnel; require minimum level of       Warren
 *      basic law enforcement training.                        
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1040  County Superintendent of Education; prohibit electors     Mitchell
        in municipal school district from participating in     
        election.                                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1070  School uniforms; establish procedure for implementing     Guice *
        policy.                                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1102  Suspension or expulsion; clarify authority regarding      Lott
   %    student whose presence is detrimental to educational   
        environment.                                           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1134  Incentive grants for improving schools and                Broomfield
 *      accountability plan for low-performing schools;        
        establish.                                             
           05/01 Approved by Governor
HB1136  State poem; designate "My Mississippi" as the official    Montgomery (15th) *
        state poem.                                            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1138  Schools; require teaching of certain research-based       Smith (35th)
        reading instruction.                                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1142  School year; decrease from 180 to 176 days.               Smith (35th)
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1149  School curriculum; allow use of Bible as teaching aid     Smith (35th)
        and authorize Bible classes.                           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1200  School superintendents; prohibit payments supplemental    Banks
        to salary paid by school district.                     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1206  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Wells-Smith
        public schools.                                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1212  Vocational education teachers; authorize certain summer   Frierson
        work to satisfy licensure renewal requirements.        
           04/19 Approved by Governor
HB1216  Education Enhancement Funds; authorize school districts   Jennings
        to use classroom supplies allotment for equipment      
        maintenance.                                           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1222  State poem; designate poem entitled "Mississippi" as      Montgomery (15th) *
        the official state poem.                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1260  School psychologists; authorize annual supplement for     Davis
        Nationally Certified School Psychologists.             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1267  Public school expulsions; require case-by-case            West
        examinations and school district policy on.            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1269  School buses; require transportation for pupils           Mayo
        required to cross major thoroughfare when walking to   
        school.                                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1271  State poem; designate poem entitled "See Mississippi"     Montgomery (15th) *
        as the official state poem.                            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1286  School guidance counselors; include in Minimum            Warren
        Education Program funding.                             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1290  Public school arts instructors; fund under Minimum        Barnett (92nd)
        Education Program.                                     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1292  School employees working extracurricular activities;      Rushing
        authorize districts to pay without making withholdings.
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1293  Administrators of school attendance officers; authorize   Gibbs
        and require to serve as the Juvenile Detention Program 
        Coordinator.                                           
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1298  Schools; authorize removal of students with conditions    Straughter
   %    such as scabies, mites and the like.                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1303  Special municipal separate school districts; require      West
 *      board of supervisors to appoint trustees.              
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1304  Disabilities; Department of Education may pay to make     Robinson (84th)
        reasonable accommodations for teachers with            
        disabilities.                                          
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1309  First Grade; authorize enrollment of certain children     Straughter
        before age six.                                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1313  Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School           West
        District; elect members of board of trustees.          
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1325  School guidance counselors; define comprehensive          Warren
        services to be provided in public schools.             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1328  Community college scholarship program; establish for      Smith (35th)
        certain students with high average.                    
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1393  School districts; authorize districts issuing debt to     Brown
 *      take certain actions to qualify the debt for federal   
        assistance.                                            
           04/30 Approved by Governor
HB1409  Vocational and technical education; authorize school      Lott
 *   V  districts to offer as alternative to college prep      
        curriculum.                                            
           04/20 (H) Do Sustain Veto
HB1411  Schools; increase salaries of teachers and assistant      Scott (80th)
        teachers.                                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1427  School districts; revise date for filing certain budget   Brown
        documents; revise authority to dispose of surplus      
        property.                                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1442  Internet filtering; require on computers in public        Moore (60th)
        schools and libraries.                                 
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1467  Regional high schools; authorize second-level funding     Gibbs
   %    if only high school in county.                         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1483  Workforce training; transfer certain programs from SDE    Frierson
        to community college board.                            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1486  School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; cap at FY 2000      Warren
 *      appropriated levels with excess going to Education     
        Enhancement Fund.                                      
           05/23 Approved by Governor
HB1491  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Scott (80th)
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1502  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Huddleston
   %    appointed superintendents.                             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1529  School district debt for capital improvements and         Brown
        transportation; extend term for repayment.             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
SB2049  Noninstructional school employees; authorize board        Thames
 *      designee to make employment recommendations for.       
           04/25 Approved by Governor
SB2245  School boards; may use district funds to pay for field    Furniss
        trips.                                                 
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2302  School districts; authorize pre-kindergarten pilot        Harden
 * %    program in public schools.                             
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2352  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Farris
        for public schools.                                    
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2409  School bond limitation based on assessed valuation;       Tollison
 *$%    revise.                                                
           04/18 (H) Died In Committee
SB2423  School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; cap at FY 1999      Chaney
 *      appropriated levels with excess going to the Education 
        Enhancement Fund.                                      
           05/01 (H) Died In Conference
SB2487  Acquisition of school district property by the exchange   Harden
 * %    method; clarify.                                       
           04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2488  Incentive grants for improving schools and                Harden
 *      accountability plan for low-performing schools;        
        provide.                                               
           05/22 Approved by Governor
SB2490  Beginning teacher and principal support pilot programs;   Harden
        clarify reapplication procedure.                       
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2491  School board members; prescribe educational               Harden
 *      qualifications.                                        
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2522  Immunity of school personnel from liability for lawful    Harden
        action; add school counselors to.                      
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2528  MS School Safety Act of 2000; enact.                      Harden
 *         05/01 (H) Died In Conference
SB2544  Education of exceptional children in compliance with      Harden
 *      federal law; revise requirements and complaint         
        procedures.                                            
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2590  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month;          Harden
 *      authorize.                                             
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2597  School district security personnel with police power;     Harden
        require minimum training standards.                    
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2658  Public school licensed and nonlicensed employees;         Chaney
 * %    require criminal records background checks for         
        applicants.                                            
           05/22 Approved by Governor
SB2745  Annual recognition of inclusive programs for children     Nunnelee
 *      with disabilities; SDE provide for.                    
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2900  Public purchasing laws; make various amendments           Burton
 * %    (MAGPA).                                               
           05/22 Approved by Governor
SB2921  School guidance counselors; define authorized program     Harden
 *      activities.                                            
           05/01 (H) Died In Conference
SB2937  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program;    Harden
        extend repealer.                                       
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB3043  Compulsory school attendance violations; local law        Turner
        enforcement officers have jurisdiction.                
           04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3073  Regional high schools operated by two school districts;   Turner
 *      provide additional incentive funds for.                
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3111  Election of municipal separate school district trustees   Gordon
 *      presently elected; to be held at the general election. 
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3120  Ad valorem school taxes; districts levying more than 52   Harden
   %    mills may exceed statutory limitation.                 
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3164  Budget and business operation authority of school         Harden
 * %    districts; revise.                                     
           04/25 Approved by Governor
SB3166  Special Task Force for Economic Development Planning;     Horhn
 *      require heads of state institutions of higher learning 
        to assist.                                             
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3185  Short-term notes issued by school districts; increase     Harden
 * %    authorized term of.                                    
           05/15 Approved by Governor
SB3192  School districts may issue reduced or interest-free       Bryan
 * %    debt pursuant to federal law; authorize.               
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee



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