Mississippi Legislature

2000 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee

As of 06/21/00 at 13:47

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HB  87  Superintendent of education, county; prohibit voters in   Howell
 *      certain school districts from voting in election for.  
           04/30 Approved by Governor
HB 106  Assistant teachers; establish GED as minimum              Holland
 *      requirement and authorize employing licensed teachers  
        with funds.                                            
           04/16 Approved by Governor
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 342  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Teacher Program; extend     Ford
        repealer.                                              
           04/10 (S) 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 581  Public school students and employees; require use of      Woods
 *      titles of respect.                                     
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 659  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Fillingane
        quiet reflection.                                      
           04/04 (S) 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 810  School Employment Procedures Law; require                 Blackmon
 *      nonreemployment of licensed employees to be based on   
        good cause.                                            
           04/04 (S) 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 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
HB1039  School security personnel; require minimum level of       Warren
 *      basic law enforcement training.                        
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1134  Incentive grants for improving schools and                Broomfield
 *      accountability plan for low-performing schools;        
        establish.                                             
           05/01 Approved by Governor
HB1212  Vocational education teachers; authorize certain summer   Frierson
        work to satisfy licensure renewal requirements.        
           04/19 Approved by Governor
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
SB2017  Mississippi Report Card; prescribe categories for         Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2026  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2027  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2029  Teachers; create duty to inform students of               Nunnelee
        unlawfulness of certain conduct.                       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2031  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2041  Substitute teachers compensated while completing          Nunnelee
        student teaching requirements; authorize.              
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2049  Noninstructional school employees; authorize board        Thames
 *      designee to make employment recommendations for.       
           04/25 Approved by Governor
SB2051  Child care; exempt from licensure schools that are        Nunnelee
        members of the Association of Christian Schools.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2067  School boards; elect members in all school districts;     Simmons
        appoint all school superintendents.                    
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2069  Teachers; authorize Three-for-Three Teacher Relocation    Simmons
        Program.                                               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2071  Suspension or expulsion; clarify authority regarding      King
   %    student whose presense is detrimental to educational   
        environment.                                           
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2077  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson
        students.                                              
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2086  School guidance counselors; define authorized program     Johnson (19th)
        activities.                                            
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2100  School dicipline; prescribe additional requirements for   King
        code of student conduct and automatic expulsion for    
        disruptive students.                                   
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2105  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Smith
        high school arts education instructors.                
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2106  Appropriation; SDE for additional teacher units in        Smith
        Grades 1-4.                                            
           03/29 (S) Died In Committee
SB2107  Minimum education program; one teacher unit for every     Smith
        20 pupils in Grades 1-4.                               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2108  Teacher certification; require instruction in all         Smith
        reading methods for K-4.                               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2113  Juvenile Alternative Program; State Department of         Blackmon
        Education to establish as pilot program.               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2129  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson
        authorize under Division of Youth Service.             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2132  Teacher certification; establish Commission on            Dearing
        Professional Educators' Standards and Practices.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2141  Off-duty municipal or county law enforcement officers;    Nunnelee
        authorize to use public equipment for school security. 
           04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2143  School curriculum; create Mississippi Public School       Dearing
        Laboratory Chemical Management Act.                    
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2145  School boards to use public bid procedures in selecting   Dearing
   %    insurance or fund-raising vendors; require.            
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2147  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of 4 books per school year.             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2149  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Nunnelee
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2156  Frivolous legal action against school personnel;          King
        provide immunity and assessment of attorney's fees and 
        costs for.                                             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2167  Uniform requirement for Praxis II Examination             Blackmon
        completion as prerequisite for teacher graduation; IHL 
        implement.                                             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2168  Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Act of 2000; enact.       Smith
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2169  Co-Lin Community College Bd of Trustees; provide          Dearing
        additional appointments from Adams County.             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2172  William Winter Teacher/Administrator Scholar Loan         Harden
        Program; available to students preparing to be school  
        administrators.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2175  Adequate education program allotments; authorize more     Harden
   %    expenditures for instructional purposes.               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2177  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
   %    issues.                                                
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2178  Noncertificated school personnel; enhance employment      Harden
        benefits.                                              
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2179  Prohibition against deductions from salary of school      Harden
        employees; repeal.                                     
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2188  Critical teacher shortage area master's degree program;   Harden
        include teachers currently employed in school district.
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2192  School districts, municipal; provide for board members    Carmichael
   %    from added territory and authorize transfer to adjacent
        district.                                              
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2193  School districts with added territory; provide for        Carmichael
   %    automatic student transfers.                           
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2223  CPR classes; require in health curriculum Grades 9-12.    Burton *
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2224  Reading sufficiency; require for Fourth Grade students.   Burton
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2245  School boards; may use district funds to pay for field    Furniss
        trips.                                                 
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2251  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Furniss
        provisions.                                            
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2261  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Harden
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2262  Public education; require Legislature to appropriate a    Harden
        minimum percentage of General Fund to.                 
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2263  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher            Harden
        incentive loans available to applicants agreeing to    
        teach in public school or univ.                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2269  Pupil-teacher ratio in public schools; reduce on          Harden
        phased-in basis.                                       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2273  Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies;       Harden
        clarify distribution of approved plan for use of.      
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2277  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Harden
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2288  School board elections; elect members in all school       Nunnelee
        districts.                                             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2295  School board election; elect members in all school        Harden
        districts.                                             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2302  School districts; authorize pre-kindergarten pilot        Harden
 * %    program in public schools.                             
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2307  School district accreditation; create task force to       Harden
   %    revise accreditation system.                           
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2318  Public school classroom; brief period of quiet            Frazier
        reflection authorized.                                 
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2330  School safety and school violence; enact prevention       Simmons
   %    programs.                                              
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2331  Parent/family education programs; authorize under State   Simmons
        Board of Education and establish criteria.             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2332  Pre-kindergarten education program; authorize under       Blackmon
        State Board of Education and establish criteria.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2333  School Safety Center and Crisis Management Program;       Johnson (38th)
        establish in State Dept. of Education.                 
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2334  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Blackmon
        school guidance counselors.                            
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2336  Pre-vocational trade program for exceptional children     Blackmon
        Grades 6-9; establish and provide minimum program funds
        for.                                                   
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2346  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2352  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Farris
        for public schools.                                    
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2355  School districts; elect members of all school boards in   Chaney
        2001.                                                  
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2373  Local supplemental pay for teachers; require school       Walls
        districts to pay no less than the state average.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2385  School attendance officers; revise salary scale.          Walls
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2413  Dues check-off upon written authorization of state        Walls
        employees and certified school employees; permit.      
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB2489  Critical teacher shortage area master's degree program;   Harden
        include teachers currently employed in school district.
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB2505  Assistant teacher funds; authorize any school district    Harden
        to use funds to employ additional certified teachers in
        Grades K-3.                                            
           03/07 (S) 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
SB2545  Professional school district staff shall be properly      Harden
        licensed and endorsed; require for purposes of minimum 
        program funding.                                       
           03/07 (S) 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
SB2614  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Hyde-Smith
        reemployed as teachers in critical teacher shortage    
        areas.                                                 
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2651  Corporal punishment in public schools; direct State       Harden
        Board of Education and local school boards to adopt    
        policy regarding use of.                               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2658  Public school licensed and nonlicensed employees;         Chaney
 * %    require criminal records background checks for         
        applicants.                                            
           05/22 Approved by Governor
SB2663  Certain persons may apply for pre-kindergarten teachers   Farris *
        license; authorize.                                    
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2666  Use of tobacco by adults on educational property;         Huggins
        prohibit.                                              
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2678  Physical education classes; require in Grades K-9         Harden
        beginning with 2000-2001 school year.                  
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2684  Parent/family education programs; authorize under MSU     Farris *
        Cooperative Extension Service and establish criteria.  
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2685  Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating         Farris
        Council; create.                                       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2686  Pre-kindergarten education program; authorize under       Farris *
        State Board of Education and establish criteria.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2711  Teachers and assistant teachers; increase salaries over   Farris
        4-year period to estimated Southeastern average.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2714  Teachers and assistant teachers; increase salaries over   Harden
        4-year period.                                         
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2745  Annual recognition of inclusive programs for children     Nunnelee
 *      with disabilities; SDE provide for.                    
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2747  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact.         Nunnelee
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2765  Mississippi Comprehensive Early Childhood Services Act    Farris
        of 2000; enact.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2784  "Declaration of Independence"; require school students    Nunnelee
        to recite.                                             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2849  School board members; prescribe educational               Johnson (38th)
        qualifications.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2850  School board elections; elect members in all school       Johnson (38th)
        districts.                                             
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2851  School superintendents; appoint all superinendents        Johnson (38th)
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2852  Public school licensed and nonlicensed employees;         Harden
   %    require criminal records background checks for new     
        applicants.                                            
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2859  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Farris
        school guidance counselors.                            
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2860  School guidance counselors; allot minimum program funds   Harden
        for.                                                   
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2861  School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend     Harden
        for one year.                                          
           04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2862  Nationally certified school psychologists; provide        Bryan
        salary supplement for.                                 
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2890  School mentoring pilot programs; SDE establish in         Nunnelee
        school districts.                                      
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2902  School districts; authorize to purchase                   Hewes
   %    revenue-interruption insurance.                        
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB2920  School Employment Procedures Law; require good cause      Minor
   %    for nonreemployment decisions.                         
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB2989  Public school arts instructors; fund under Minimum        Chaney
        Education Program.                                     
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3019  Social workers; provide in schools having high            Blackmon
        incidences of crime and violence.                      
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3021  Jazz education classes; require in appropriate grades     Johnson (19th)
        beginning with 2000-2001 school year.                  
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3043  Compulsory school attendance violations; local law        Turner
        enforcement officers have jurisdiction.                
           04/17 Approved by Governor
SB3069  Omnibus salary section; delete salary of Exec. Dir. of    Williamson
        MS Board of Nursing.                                   
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3073  Regional high schools operated by two school districts;   Turner
 *      provide additional incentive funds for.                
           04/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3115  Public school students; require use of appropriate        Jordan
        titles of respect with school employees.               
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3116  Suspension of students; school board shall provide due    Bryan
        process hearing if for greater than 10 days.           
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3117  School boards; authorize home rule with limitations.      Bryan
   %       03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3119  Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to serve as     Harden
        coordinating agency for children and families services.
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3129  Cheerleaders in middle school and high school; shall      Smith
        receive 1/2 credit toward graduation.                  
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3152  Internet; require schools to install Internet filters.    Ross
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3164  Budget and business operation authority of school         Harden
 * %    districts; revise.                                     
           04/25 Approved by Governor
SB3168  School district which has lost its accreditation;         Hamilton
        require referendum on elected supt of education.       
           03/07 (S) Died In Committee
SB3182  School administrators spending Education Enhancement      Harden
        Funds classroom instructional supplies funds; criminal 
        penalties for misuse.                                  
           03/15 (S) 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
SB3342  Madison County Educational Authority; establish.          Michel
           05/07 (S) Died In Committee
SN  19  Rowan Taylor, Jackson, Mississippi, another term on the   SPEAKER
        State Board of Education, your term will expire on June
        30, 2008                                               
           05/04 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  39  Jayne A. Sargent, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Education, for an unexpired term    
        beginning February 22, 2000 with the term ending July  
        1, 2005                                                
           05/04 (S) Appointment Confirmed



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