Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Senate 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  58  Adult entertainment business; prohibit establishment on   Fleming
 *      sixteenth section land or lieu land.                   
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 298  Public schools; require all instruction to be delivered   Reeves
 *      in English language.                                   
           03/07 (S) Died On Calendar
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 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 385  Insurance contracts of school districts; place under      Taylor
 *      the public bid requirements.                           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 396  Honorary high school diploma; award to WWII and Korean    Clark
 *      Conflict veterans.                                     
           04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 413  School districts with added territory; authorize          Robinson (84th)
 * %    automatic student transfers.                           
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 447  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program;    Ford
 *      extend repealer.                                       
           02/27 (S) 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 527  School Employment Procedures Law; require                 Blackmon
 *      nonreemployment of licensed employees to be based on   
        good cause.                                            
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 545  Charter School Law; reenact and extend repealer.          Warren
 *         04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 669  School boards; establish meeting attendance               Eads
 *      requirements for members.                              
           03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 766  School guidance counselors; define comprehensive          Weathersby
 *      services to be provided in public schools.             
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
HB1048  Sixteenth section lands; grant Secretary of State         Rogers
        timber authority if local board member has conflict.   
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1428  Research-based reading instruction; require Department    Martinson
 *      of Education to implement as pilot program.            
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1448  Junior ROTC; provide state support for public high        Brown
 *      school programs.                                       
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2002  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Smith
        high school arts education instructors.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2004  Teacher certification; require instruction in all         Smith
        reading methods for K-4.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2012  Cheerleaders in middle school and high school; shall      Smith
        receive 1/2 credit toward graduation.                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2028  School Employment Procedures Law; require good cause      Minor
        for nonreemployment decisions.                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2035  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2042  Mississippi Report Card; prescribe categories for         Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2047  "Declaration of Independence"; require school students    Nunnelee
        to recite.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2053  Child care; exempt from licensure schools that are        Nunnelee
        members of the Association of Christian Schools.       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2056  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2057  Teachers; create duty to inform students of               Nunnelee
        unlawfulness of certain conduct.                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2059  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2064  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Furniss
        provisions.                                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2070  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of 4 books per school year.             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2071  Teachers; authorize Three-for-Three Teacher Relocation    Simmons
        Program.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2108  Reading sufficiency; require for Fourth Grade students.   Burton
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2113  CPR classes; require in health curriculum Grades 9-12.    Burton *
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2118  Public school classroom; brief period of quiet            Frazier
        reflection authorized.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2120  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     King
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2124  Substitute teachers compensated while completing          Nunnelee
        student teaching requirements; authorize.              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2151  Home-schooled children; delete requirement to describe    Minor
        instruction program under Compulsory School Attendance 
        Law.                                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2152  Part-time licensed teachers or retired teachers;          Harden
        provide state funds for employment of.                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2164  Teacher Retention Grant Program; scholarships available   Chamberlin
        to teachers working for a Master's or Doctorate of     
        Education degree.                                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2170  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Nunnelee
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2181  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Loan Program for    Harden
 *      Teachers; extend repealer.                             
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2182  School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend     Harden
        for one year.                                          
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2183  William Winter Teacher/Administrator Scholar Loan         Harden
        Program; available to students preparing to be school  
        administrators.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2188  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher            Harden
        incentive loans available to applicants agreeing to    
        teach in public schools or univ.                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2191  Physical education classes; require in Grades K-9         Harden
        beginning with 2001-2002 school year.                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2196  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Harden
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2197  Pupil-teacher ratio in public schools; reduce on          Harden
        phased-in basis.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2198  Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to serve as     Harden
        coordinating agency for children and family services.  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2201  School administrators spending education enhancement      Harden
        funds for classroom instructional supplies; criminal   
        penalties for misuse.                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2203  School guidance counselors; define authorized program     Harden
 *      activities.                                            
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2205  Noncertificated school personnel; enhance employment      Harden
        benefits.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2208  School boards; may use district funds to pay for field    Furniss
   %    trips.                                                 
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2224  School district, municipal; provide for board members     Carmichael
   %    from added territory and authorize transfer to adjacent
        district.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2225  Corporal punishment in public schools; direct State       Harden
        Board of Education and local school boards to adopt    
        policy regarding use of.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2227  School board elections; elect members in all school       Nunnelee
        districts.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2228  School board election; elect members in all school        Harden
        districts.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2229  School Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program; extend     Harden
 *      repealer.                                              
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2242  Department of Education; devise program to award high     Kirby
        school diplomas to World War II veterans.              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2243  Department of Education; devise program to award high     Browning
        school diplomas to World War II veterans.              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2252  School districts; authorize pre-kindergarten pilot        Harden
   %    program in public schools.                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2309  Pilot program for testing and remediaton for students     Harden
 *      with dyslexia; delete repealer.                        
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2323  Reading sufficiency; require for Fourth Grade students.   Burton
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2331  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month;          Harden
        authorize.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2354  Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Act of 2000; enact.       Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2356  Minimum education program; one teacher unit for every     Smith
        20 pupils in Grades 1-4.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2390  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Farris
        for public schools.                                    
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2413  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact.         Nunnelee
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2439  Additional authority for issuance of debt by school       Robertson
  $%    districts; repeal.                                     
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2453  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2454  School boards; elect members in all school districts;     Simmons
        appoint all school superintendents.                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2461  School district which has lost its accreditation;         Hamilton
        require referendum on elected superintendent of        
        education.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2477  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson
        students.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2490  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson
        authorize under Division of Youth Services.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2528  School districts; authorize to purchase                   Hewes
   %    revenue-interruption insurance.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB2568  Alternative School Programs; increase allotment of        Jackson
        funds for.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2578  Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities;      Chaney
 *      authorize SBE to issue criteria.                       
           04/16 Approved by Governor
SB2582  Professional school district staff shall be properly      Harden
        licensed and endorsed; require for purposes of minimum 
        program funding.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2584  Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies;       Harden
        clarify distribution of approved plan for use of.      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2633  Education of exceptional children; require notice to      Harden
 *      parents regarding assessment of child.                 
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2636  School guidance counselors; define authorized program     Johnson (19th)
        activities.                                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2641  School Safety Center and Crisis Management Program;       Johnson (38th)
        establish in State Dept. of Education.                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2746  Contract with private entities to provide instructional   Harden
   %    services to pupils; authorize school districts to.     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2749  Charter schools; extend repealer on statutes              Harden
        authorizing.                                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2792  School tax anticipation notes; may be sold at             Tollison
   %    negotiated sale.                                       
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2803  School districts; grant home rule with limitations.       Tollison
   %       01/30 (S) Died In Committee
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
SB2805  Assistant teacher statutory salary; clarify work hours    Tollison
        and days for federal law purposes.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2832  School social workers; allot minimum program funds for.   Simmons
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2860  Junior ROTC; provide state support for public high        Harden
 *      school programs.                                       
           03/26 (H) Died In Conference
SB2918  Commission on Psychiatric Medication of School-Age        Farris
        Children; create.                                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2924  Reductions in Minimum Education or EEF allotments;        Tollison
  $%    school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority  
        applies to.                                            
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2927  School district bond debt; include in lieu payments as    Tollison
        part of general limitations.                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2928  School boards investment of surplus funds; same as        Tollison
        investment of 16th section principal funds.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2930  Jazz education classes; require in appropriate grades     Johnson (19th)
        beginning with 2001-2002 school year.                  
           01/30 (S) 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
SB2951  Charter schools; create new process for establishing      Nunnelee
        which is not limited to public schools.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2964  Municipal and special municipal school districts; elect   Chaney
        board members.                                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2965  School board elections; elect members in all school       Johnson (38th)
        districts.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2974  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2976  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Johnson (38th)
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3016  Local school board election districts; authorize boards   Tollison
        to reapportion districts.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SN   9  Ms. Sondra P. Caillavet, Biloxi, Mississippi, to the      
        State Board of Education, for a nine (9) year term of  
        office ending July 1, 2009, representing the Teacher   
        At-Large position, vice.                               
           03/30 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  10  Mr. Claude Hartley, Belden, Mississippi, to the State     
        Board of Education, for the unexpired term ending July 
        1, 2003, representing the Third Supreme Court District,
        vice Cheryl Tidwell.                                   
           03/30 (S) Appointment Confirmed

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