Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

House Education Committee

As of 04/25/01 at 09:35

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HB  51  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Fillingane
 *      quiet reflection.                                      
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB  52  Vocational apprenticeship program; authorize school       Lott
 *      districts to establish.                                
           03/11 Approved by Governor
HB  53  "No pass, no play" law; establish for public schools.     Chism
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  54  Superintendent of schools; establish alternative          Pierce
        qualifications for office.                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  55  Teachers; authorize dismissal if convicted of a felony.   Davis
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  56  Public schools; prohibit zero tolerance discipline        Fleming
        plans.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  57  Mississippi History; require comprehensive course for     Clark
        9th grade public school students.                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  58  Adult entertainment business; prohibit establishment on   Fleming
 *      sixteenth section land or lieu land.                   
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB  59  Physical Education; require public high schools to        Fleming
        teach daily.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  60  Home schooling; require testing to verify student's       Ishee
        performance at appropriate grade level.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  61  Scholastic year; prohibit schools from opening before     Markham
        August 15.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  62  Compulsory school attendance; require until age of 18.    Zuber
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  63  School boards; elect all.                                 Chism
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  64  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Chism
   %    appointed superintendents.                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  65  County Superintendent of Education; prohibit electors     Mitchell
 *      in municipal school district from participating in     
        election.                                              
           02/12 (H) Died On Calendar
HB  66  Personal finance and entrepreneurship course; require     Fleming
        for high school graduation.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  67  School psychologists; authorize annual supplement for     Davis
        Nationally Certified School Psychologists.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  68  Limited open enrollment policy; establish for students    Cameron
        in Level 1 and 2 school districts.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  69  Teachers; establish performance pay plan.                 Cameron
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  70  Teachers; establish World Class Teachers Program.         Cameron
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  71  School voucher program; require State Department of       Cameron
        Education to establish.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  72  Public school districts; require competitive bidding      Horne
   %    for contracts for certain items sold to students.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  73  Public schools; prohibit grouping students according to   Fleming
        ability.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  74  Teacher pay section; divide and recodify as three         Frierson
        separate code sections.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  75  Teachers' salaries; delete 5% revenue estimate growth     Brown
        requirement for implementing annual raises.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  76  Sixteenth section lands; prohibit leasing hunting and     McBride
        fishing rights to state and federal agencies.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 298  Public schools; require all instruction to be delivered   Reeves
 *      in English language.                                   
           03/07 (S) Died On Calendar
HB 299  Certificate of enrollment; require instructional          Warren
        program information for home-schooled children.        
           02/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 300  Compulsory school law; include students who turn 17       Warren
 *      during school year.                                    
           03/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 301  School attendance officers; State Department of           Warren
        Education to issue certificates of completion for      
        training course.                                       
           03/11 Approved by Governor
HB 302  Certificates of enrollment; require submission to         Warren
        school attendance officers within 10 days of first     
        school day.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 303  U.S. flag; require public schools to fly at half-staff    Brown
        pursuant to federal order or law.                      
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 343  Home school students; authorize participation in public   Reeves
        school extracurricular activities.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 379  High school diploma; authorize local school districts     Montgomery (15th)
        to award to World War II veterans.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 385  Insurance contracts of school districts; place under      Taylor
 *      the public bid requirements.                           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 388  Elected school board members; elect all in November       Ishee
        rather than March.                                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 389  Elected school boards; elect members at general state     Moore (60th)
        and county elections.                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 391  State Superintendent of Public Education; elect at        Moore (60th)
   %    general state election.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 392  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore (60th)
        scholastic year.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 393  Internet filtering; require on computers in public        Moore (60th)
        schools and libraries.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 396  Honorary high school diploma; award to WWII and Korean    Clark
 *      Conflict veterans.                                     
           04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 400  Lauderdale County Board of Education; require municipal   Robinson (84th)
        school district to consent to transfer of certain      
        students.                                              
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
HB 401  School districts, municipal; provide for board member     Robinson (84th)
   %    from added territory and authorize transfer to adjacent
        district.                                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 402  Disabilities; Department of Education may pay to make     Robinson (84th)
        reasonable accommodations for teachers with            
        disabilities.                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 413  School districts with added territory; authorize          Robinson (84th)
 * %    automatic student transfers.                           
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 418  Assistant teachers; increase salaries.                    Davis
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 420  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Davis
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 421  Textbooks; require public schools to make purchasing      Wells-Smith
        information available to parents.                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 447  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program;    Ford
 *      extend repealer.                                       
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 467  Proceeds of sale of lieu lands; extend repealer.          Ford
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 472  School Administrator Sabbatical Program; extend           Ford
        repealer.                                              
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 474  Dyslexia testing pilot programs; extend repealer.         Ford
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 496  Video camera; require in every public school classroom    Clark
        and bus.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 516  Charter schools; extend repealer.                         Ford
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 525  School districts; prohibit termination of employee        Blackmon
        contracts for constitutionally impermissible reasons.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 526  Schools; increase percentage of nonlicensed teachers      Blackmon
        in.                                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 527  School Employment Procedures Law; require                 Blackmon
 *      nonreemployment of licensed employees to be based on   
        good cause.                                            
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 533  Licensed school employees; authorize nonresidents of      Hamilton
        state to enroll their children in employer school      
        district.                                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 535  School counselors; fund under minimum education program   Dedeaux
        for K-8.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 543  Sixteenth section lands; clarify provisions regarding     Warren
        leases of residential and farm- residential land.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 545  Charter School Law; reenact and extend repealer.          Warren
 *         04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 602  Sixteenth section land; authorize sale of to certain      Moak
        armed services veterans.                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 623  Mississippi report card; include data on districts'       Eads
        spending for educational and noneducational purposes.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 626  School counselors; fund under minimum education           Eads *
        program.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 668  School districts' bonded indebtedness; increase           Eads
   %    limitation.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 669  School boards; establish meeting attendance               Eads
 *      requirements for members.                              
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 711  Certificate of enrollment; require copy of                Mayo
        instructional program for home-schooled children.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 763  Teachers' salaries; delete 5% revenue estimate growth     Weathersby
        requirement for implementing annual raises.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 766  School guidance counselors; define comprehensive          Weathersby
 *      services to be provided in public schools.             
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
HB 772  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Young
        quiet reflection.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 779  Alternative schools programs; require separate space      Moss
        for students in Grades 5 and lower.                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 808  Education Enhancement Fund; cap ending cash balance       McCoy
        amount transferred to.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 824  Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.           Clark
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 825  Family Literacy for Family Independence Act; create.      Clark
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 840  Home school and nonpublic school students; authorize      Reeves
   %    use of school materials and provide refund of school   
        taxes.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 847  Municipal and special municipal school districts; elect   Frierson
        board members.                                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 860  Education of exceptional children; revise requirements    Brown
        and hearing procedures.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 893  School counselors; fund under minimum education program   Clarke
        for K-8.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 895  Teachers, retired; may be employed in critical shortage   Clarke
        subject areas and receive retirement benefits.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 923  Sixteenth section lands; reduce school districts'         Warren
        escrow payments for forestry management by Forestry    
        Commission.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 924  Charter schools; create new process for establishing      Warren
        which is not limited to public schools.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 935  Average daily attendance; include expelled students in.   Formby
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 937  School boards; delete provision prohibiting members       Smith (39th)
        from eligibility for state insurance and retirement    
        benefits.                                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 989  Special school district; create at Walnut Grove Youth     Malone
        Correctional Facility.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1002  School guidance counselors; define comprehensive          Warren
        services to be provided in schools.                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1004  School Boards; delete members' authority to choose        Smith (35th)
        annual compensation in lieu of per diem.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1014  Teachers' salaries; implement each increase on            Snowden
        attaining cumulative 5% growth estimates above fiscal  
        year 2001 collections.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1039  Sixteenth section lands; clarify prohibition against      Rogers
        school board actions on timber issues if member has    
        conflict.                                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1048  Sixteenth section lands; grant Secretary of State         Rogers
        timber authority if local board member has conflict.   
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1072  School superintendents; prohibit payments supplemental    Banks
        to salary paid by school district.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1091  CPR; require as part of health curriculum for high        Barnett (92nd)
        school graduation.                                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1117  Schools; require all students to wear uniforms in         Scott (80th)
   %    districts selected for participation in a pilot        
        program.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1174  Teachers' salaries; delete 5% revenue estimate growth     Rushing
        requirement for implementing annual raises.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1192  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Scott (80th)
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1200  Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School           West
        District; elect members of board of trustees.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1201  Public school expulsions; require case-by-case            West
        examinations and school district policy on.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1203  High school athletics; require physician at events        West
        having significant physical contact.                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1212  Counselors; provide in elementary schools.                Scott (80th)
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1213  Recreational Facilities Activity Fund; create and use     Scott (80th)
        for recreational facilities on school property.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1237  Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish.           Grist *
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1241  Teachers; establish alternative for licensure for         Grist
        applicants failing national exam.                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1278  First Grade; authorize enrollment of children under age   Straughter
        6 who pass assessment.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1283  Social workers; provide in schools having high            Scott (80th)
        incidences of crime and violence.                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1294  School cafeterias; require all districts to offer         Shows
        selection of milk, juice or water.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1310  Education Enhancement Fund; require Office of             Frierson
        Educational Accountability to audit classroom supplies 
        funds.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1347  School districts; authorize issuance of promissory        Warren
   %    notes to cover state funding deficits.                 
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1377  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Wells-Smith
        public schools.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1398  School voucher program; require State Department of       Ketchings
        Education to establish.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1415  Compulsory school attendance; change enrollment date to   Lott
   %    August 1 and include certain 17-year-olds.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1428  Research-based reading instruction; require Department    Martinson
 *      of Education to implement as pilot program.            
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1432  Open enrollment; authorize students to attend any         Ketchings
        school within district.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1433  Critical teacher shortage programs; authorize teachers    Ketchings
        to serve in approved nonpublic schools.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1437  School districts; provide for elected trustees and        Eads
   %    appointed superintendents.                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1438  School districts; provide for elected school boards and   Eads
   %    appointed superintendents.                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1448  Junior ROTC; provide state support for public high        Brown
 *      school programs.                                       
           04/12 Approved by Governor
HB1493  Student assistance and peer counseling; establish         Flaggs
        program as alternive to detention or suspension.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1505  Veterans; provide priority in employment assistance.      Rogers
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1511  "IN GOD WE TRUST"; require display in each public         Chism
        school classroom.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1512  Public schools; authorize display of Ten Commandments     Warren
        in classrooms and other areas.                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
SB2181  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Loan Program for    Harden
 *      Teachers; extend repealer.                             
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2203  School guidance counselors; define authorized program     Harden
 *      activities.                                            
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2208  School boards; may use district funds to pay for field    Furniss
   %    trips.                                                 
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2229  School Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program; extend     Harden
 *      repealer.                                              
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2239  MS School Safety Act of 2001; enact.                      Little
 *         03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2309  Pilot program for testing and remediaton for students     Harden
 *      with dyslexia; delete repealer.                        
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2390  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Farris
        for public schools.                                    
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2549  County superintendent of education; prohibit voters in    Bryan
        certain line consolidated school districts from voting 
        in election for.                                       
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2576  "IN GOD WE TRUST"; require display in each public         Nunnelee
        school classroom.                                      
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2578  Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities;      Chaney
 *      authorize SBE to issue criteria.                       
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2633  Education of exceptional children; require notice to      Harden
 *      parents regarding assessment of child.                 
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2706  School bond limitation based on assessed valuation;       Tollison
  $%    revise.                                                
           03/13 (H) Died In Committee
SB2792  School tax anticipation notes; may be sold at             Tollison
   %    negotiated sale.                                       
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2804  Youth court judge may order school to enroll child        Walls
 *      released from state training facility or juvenile      
        detention center; authorize with notice.               
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2824  Workforce training; designate MDA as the administrator    Minor
 *      of programs under the federal Workforce Training Act.  
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2860  Junior ROTC; provide state support for public high        Harden
 *      school programs.                                       
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2861  MS Training and Education Marketing Board; establish.     Burton
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2937  Department of Education; devise program to award high     King
 *      school diplomas to World War II veterans.              
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2938  Secretary of State manages timber sales on 16th section   King
        land; provide procedure when school board has conflict 
        of interest.                                           
           03/11 Approved by Governor

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