Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Subject: EDUCATION

As of 04/25/01 at 09:43

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HB  27  Retired PERS members; may be employed as public school    Pierce
        bus drivers and receive retirement allowance.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
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  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 108  Health insurance; allow school districts to establish     Mayo
        individual plans.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 160  Mississippi Construction Education Trust; clarify fund    Guice
        distribution.                                          
           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 343  Home school students; authorize participation in public   Reeves
        school extracurricular activities.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 361  Ad valorem taxation; refund portion of school taxes to    Fleming
        employers that allow employees to take paid leave for  
        volunteer service in public schools.                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 362  Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers incurring      Fleming
  $%    expenses for tutorial services for dependents enrolled 
        in public school.                                      
           02/21 (H) 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 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 410  PERS; school bus drivers shall be eligible to be          Robinson (84th)
        members of.                                            
           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 421  Textbooks; require public schools to make purchasing      Wells-Smith
        information available to parents.                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 436  Construction Education Fund; clarify certain language     Guice
   %    relating to.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 445  School nurse intervention program; extend repealer.       Ford
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 458  Construction Education Fund; authorize distribution to    Guice
   %    the Mississippi Construction Education Foundation.     
           03/11 Approved by Governor
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 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 545  Charter School Law; reenact and extend repealer.          Warren
 *         04/07 Approved by Governor
HB 551  School nurse intervention program; establish special      Dedeaux
        fund and program to assist school districts in         
        defraying costs of.                                    
           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 772  Public school classroom; authorize brief period of        Young
        quiet reflection.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 776  Budget; abolish diversion to Education Enhancement Fund   Frierson
 *   V  from unencumbered year-end General Fund cash balance.  
           03/30 (S) Veto Overridden
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 831  School buses; create rebuttable presumption that owner    Moody
        of vehicle that passes illegally was driver.           
           02/07 (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
HB1039  Sixteenth section lands; clarify prohibition against      Rogers
        school board actions on timber issues if member has    
        conflict.                                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1062  Education budgets; prohibit new programs until deficits   Eads
        are fully funded.                                      
           01/30 (H) 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
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
HB1193  School resource officers; establish pilot program under   Scott (80th)
        Department of Human Services.                          
           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
HB1271  School Bonds; reduce vote required to authorize           Eads
   %    issuance of.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1272  School bonds; reduce vote required to authorize           Myers
   %    issuance of.                                           
           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
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
HB1516  Appropriation; Department of Education for Minimum        Warren
        Program, additional for FY 2001.                       
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1541  Appropriation; State Department of Education for          Scott (80th)
        Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot       
        program.                                               
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1543  Appropriation; State Department of Education for          Scott (80th)
        Support Our Students (S.O.S.) program.                 
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1544  Appropriation; Recreational Facilities Activity Program   Scott (80th)
        Fund administered by Department of Education.          
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1545  Appropriation; State Department of Education for school   Scott (80th)
        counselors.                                            
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1546  Appropriation; Department of Human Services for school    Scott (80th)
        resource officers.                                     
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB1609  Appropriation; State Department of Education - General    Warren
 *   V  Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational          
        Education.                                             
           03/30 (S) Veto Overridden
HB1611  Appropriation; Department of Education - Minimum          Warren
 *   V  Program.                                               
           03/30 (S) Veto Overridden
HB1613  Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational      Warren
 *   V  Television.                                            
           03/30 (S) Veto Overridden
HC  21  Amend Constitution; elect State Superintendent of         Moore (60th)
        Public Education.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HC  94  Request Mississippi congressional delegation to support   Young
        continued licensing of EDNET by the FCC.               
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
HC 102  Urge Congress to include the Elementary School            Warren
        Counseling Demonstration Act in the federal education  
        package.                                               
           04/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2002  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Smith
        high school arts education instructors.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2003  Appropriation; SDE for additional teacher units in        Smith
        Grades 1-4.                                            
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2004  Teacher certification; require instruction in all         Smith
        reading methods for K-4.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2006  Approp. FY2002; SDE for additional teacher assistants     Smith
        in school districts with 60% participation in free     
        lunch program.                                         
           02/21 (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
SB2056  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2059  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           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
SB2091  Election of municipal separate school district trustees   Gordon
        presently elected; to be held at the general election. 
           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
SB2122  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Nunnelee
   %    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           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
SB2170  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Nunnelee
        after 1/1/2004.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2174  Retired PERS members; may be employed as public school    King
        bus drivers and receive retirement allowance.          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2182  School nurse intervention program; reenact and extend     Harden
        for one year.                                          
           02/27 (H) 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
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
SB2214  School discipline; prescribe additional requirements      King
        for code of student conduct and automatic expulsion for
        disruptive students.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2222  House Bill 400 provision transferring 50% of              Gordon
        unencumbered year-end cash balance into Education      
        Enhancement Fund; delete.                              
           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
SB2231  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
   %    issues.                                                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2237  Prohibition against deductions from salary of school      Harden
        employees; repeal.                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2239  MS School Safety Act of 2001; enact.                      Little
 *         03/23 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
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
SB2487  Retirement system; authorize creditable service for       Jackson
        certain part-time employment as a school bus driver.   
           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
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
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
SB2680  State's share of oil and gas severance taxes; all to be   Gordon
 *   V  appropriated to public schools until FY2006.           
           03/30 (H) Veto Overridden
SB2681  Commissioner of Public Safety; authorize to establish     Huggins
 *      organizational structure for agency.                   
           04/07 Approved by Governor
SB2706  School bond limitation based on assessed valuation;       Tollison
  $%    revise.                                                
           03/13 (H) 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
SB2750  Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property.   Jackson
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2776  Walthall School bond bill; revise.                        Farris
   %       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
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
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
SB3055  Appropriation; Dept. of Educ.-Minimum Program &           Gordon
 *   V  Critical Needs Teacher Scholarships; Addl. FY2001.     
           03/30 (H) Veto Overridden
SB3062  Appropriation; Dept. of Edu. - pay high natural gas       Simmons
        bills for school districts; addl. FY2001.              
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB3083  Appropriation; Dept. of Education-Min. Program & other    Gordon
        K-12 Programs; Addl. FY2001.                           
           03/13 (H) Died In Committee
SB3084  Walthall School bond bill; reduce bond authorization.     Farris
 *$%       03/24 Approved by Governor
SB3146  Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Bonds; authorize certain    Tollison
  $%    school districts to issue.                             
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SC 536  School districts; resolution encouraging training staff   Johnson (19th)
        member in CPR and Heimlich.                            
           03/30 (S) Died In Committee
SC 570  Mississippi EDNET Institute operating license; urge FCC   Burton
        to retain.                                             
           03/30 (S) Died In Committee
SC 601  Increase federal funding for special education; urge      Burton
        Congress to.                                           
           03/30 (S) Died In Committee

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