HB 662 Special education students; may appeal hearing Warren
officer's decision within 45 days of the decision.
03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 663 State classroom supply funds; clarify method of Warren
* distribution and administration of.
03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 742 School districts; revise certain sections relating to Warren
* the administration of.
04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 743 Vocational student organizations; allow Department of Warren
Education to utilize staff for and expend vocational
funds for.
03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 744 Schools; extend repealers on certain sections. Warren
* 03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 746 Schools; exempt from 180-day minimum school calendar Warren
* for time missed due to emergencies.
03/31 (H) Died In Conference
HB 813 Professional licenses; suspend for default on state Howell
% educational loans or service conditional scholarships.
03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 857 Teachers; certain may be licensed if college work Scott (17th)
accredited by NCATE.
03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 859 Department of Education; conduct a cost-benefit Frierson
analysis of mandatory kindergarten, pre-kindergarten
and optional diplomas.
03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 910 Sixteenth section land; certain cemeteries have Fillingane
priority in leasing of for expansion.
03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1008 Department of Education; order textbooks, equipment and Barnett (92nd)
* school supplies before beginning of fiscal year for
certain schools.
03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1072 Asthma; student may self-administer medication while at Moody
* school.
03/28 Approved by Governor
HB1230 State Board of Education; allow to invest surplus Warren
* sixteenth section land funds like other political
subdivisions of the state.
03/18 Approved by Governor
HB1241 School resource officers; establish pilot program under Scott (80th)
* Department of Education.
03/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2003 Alternative school programs; increase allotment of Jackson
funds for.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2016 Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property. Jackson
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2024 Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.); Jackson
authorize under Division of Youth Services.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2025 Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by Jackson
students.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2040 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Nunnelee
after 1/1/2004.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2041 School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain Nunnelee
% restrictions.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2043 Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school Nunnelee
% tuition organizations or public schools.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2052 Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30 Chamberlin
years of teaching experience.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2055 School bond limitation based on assessed valuation; Tollison
% revise.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2095 CPR classes; require in health curriculum Grades 9 Burton *
through 12.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2108 Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in Nunnelee
public schools.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2109 "Disruptive behavior" by students which authorizes Tollison
disciplinary action by school officials; add certain
actions by students.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2122 Critical teacher shortage Masters Degree Program; Smith
authorize teachers licensed under alternate route.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2160 Teacher Retention Grant Program; scholarships available Chamberlin
to teachers working for a Master's or Doctorate of
Education degree.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2164 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Johnson (38th)
after 1/1/2004.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2178 Education of exceptional children; revise parent due Harden
process and investigation procedures.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2186 Study Committee on Retired Teacher Reemployment Option; Harden
* create and require report.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2189 School services for special population students; Harden
require course of study in teacher preparation
curriculum and in-service staff.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2191 Study selection and governance structures of local Harden
school boards; create task force.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2193 School districts; elect members of all school boards in Harden
2004.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2196 Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Bonds; authorize certain Harden
$% school districts to issue.
02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2197 "Education Independence and Accountability Act of Harden
% 2003"; enact and repeal supervision of State Dept of Ed
over school districts.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2199 Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and Harden
while student teaching; authorize.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2203 School district authority to contract for training Harden
activities; clarify.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2207 School term; revise first day and last day for all Nunnelee
schools.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2208 School board elections; elect members in all school Nunnelee
districts.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2210 Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact. Nunnelee
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2245 Teacher license; require revocation if person convicted White
of child abuse or child sexual abuse.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2301 Expulsion of a student for assaulting a teacher or King
other school employee; require.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2303 16th section school land classified as "forest land"; Stogner
authorize exchange for other land producing more income
for school district.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2311 Public school speech-language pathologists and King
audiologists; define year of experience for salary
purposes.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2313 Minimum sick leave allowance for assistant teachers; Harden
* provide.
03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2314 Annual leave for teachers; allow additional Harden
accumulation of personal leave.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2339 Local school district health/physical education Harden
* advisory councils; establish.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2351 School psychologists; define authorized program Burton
activities.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2394 Five-year olds enrolled in full-day public school Harden
kindergarten; require attendance.
03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2395 Statutes providing for administration of school Harden
* % districts; make technical amendments to.
03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2397 Vocational student organizations; authorize State Harden
V Department of Education to perform services and expend
funds therefor.
03/31 (S) Veto Referred To Education
SB2401 Sixteenth section lands; authorize school boards to Harden
contract with private forester for managing timber.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2404 Schools; clarify minimum calendar regarding Harden
* emergencies, and provide for additional funds for
certain high growth districts.
04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2405 Superintendent of the Mississippi Schools for the Blind Harden
and Deaf; salary to be determined by State Board of
Education.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2407 Hearing officer's decision regarding special education Harden
students; change appeal time.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2412 Automatic repealers on certain public education Harden
* programs; delete.
03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2416 School bonds; majority vote required on school bond Harden
% issues.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2417 School bond issue; authorize for one-year period Harden
% without election unless petition of the electorate
calls for an election.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2418 Classroom supply funds; clarify distribution and Harden
administration of.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2463 Students may self-administer asthma medication; Huggins
* authorize.
03/12 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2468 Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize Harden
one-time payment by school district.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2469 Unused personal leave for teachers; allow accumulation. Harden
03/12 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2473 School tax collection charges; any charges by local Harden
% taxing authority shall be separate levy excluded from
55-mill cap.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2482 Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Incentive Program; Harden
* limit to junior and senior level university students.
03/07 Approved by Governor
SB2485 Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Act of 2003; enact. Smith
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2495 School board elections; elect members in all school Johnson (38th)
districts.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2558 School social workers; allot adequate program funds Simmons
for.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2565 Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher Harden
incentive loans to applicants agreeing to teach in
public schools or universities.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2587 School bus driver; require to open service door and Dickerson
* driver's window at railroad crossing.
04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2598 Student school opportunity scholarship program; Johnson (19th)
authorize.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2603 School district bond debt; include in lieu payments as Harden
part of general limitations.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2604 Reductions in Minimum Education or EEF allotments; Harden
% school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority
applies to.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2607 Education of exceptional children; revise parent due Harden
process and investigation procedures.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2615 State Department of Education Administration Budget; Cuevas
require phased-in reduction to average of the
contiguous states.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2621 16th Section School Land Principal Fund; define Harden
% authorized investments of.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2627 School districts provide an annual report of teacher Harden
* vacancies to the State Superintendent of Education and
the Legislature; require.
03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2631 Charter schools; create new process for establishing Nunnelee
% which is not limited to public schools.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2636 Early Childhood Education programs assessment; Harden
* authorize.
04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2697 Ad valorem school tax collections; clarify additional Harden
% levy for collection costs and revise deadline for
transmitting tax collections.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2705 Teachers with 25 or more years of teaching experience; Cuevas
% provide salary increases, state income tax benefits,
health ins. benefits for.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2711 Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Simmons
% Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2766 Contract with private entities to provide instructional Harden
% services to pupils; authorize school districts to.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2800 Textbook and equipment orders for state school Hyde-Smith
students; SDE shall place prior to beginning of fiscal
year.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2801 School boards; elect members in all school districts; Simmons
appoint all school superintendents.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2812 Mississippi Science, Technology, Engineering and Nunnelee
Mathematics (STEM) Education Competitiveness Act;
establish.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2817 Alternative schools programs; require separate space Blackmon
for students in Grades 5 and lower.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2822 Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact. Hewes
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2826 Automatic transfer of certain students attending Horhn
nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are
satisfactory.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2837 Determination of average daily attendance under Chamberlin
adequate education program funding formula; clarify.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2840 School bonds; require 55% vote to pass. Horhn
% 02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2862 School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to Simmons
read a minimum of 4 books per school year.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2871 Education enhancement funds allocated for certain Gordon
purposes; divert for general education programs.
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SC 517 Const. 211; authorize exchange of 16th section school Stogner
land classified as "forest land".
02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SN 25 Rosetta L. Richard, Gulfport, Mississippi, Education, GOVERNOR
St. Board of, representing the Second Supreme Court
District, for a nine-year term ending June 30, 2011.
03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 31 Dr. Lavon Fluker-Reed, Aberdeen, Mississippi, GOVERNOR
Education, St. Board of, representing an active and
full-time school administrator for the unexpired term
ending June 30, 2005, vice Jayne A. Burrows Sargent.
03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 32 Claude Hartley, Belden, Mississippi, Education, St. GOVERNOR
Board of, representing the Third Supreme Court District
for a nine-year term commencing July 1, 2003 and ending
June 30, 2012.
03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 74 Henry L. Johnson, Jackson, Mississippi, Education, St. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Superintendent of, beginning August 1, 2002, and
serving at the will and pleasure of the Board.
03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 88 Lynn Houston, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Educational GOVERNOR
Television, Miss. Auth. for, representing the teacher
or principal in a secondary school system, for the
unexpired term ending July 1, 2005, vice Albert
Vaughn.
03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
SN 95 Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Tupelo, Mississippi, Council for GOVERNOR
Educational Technology, for the unexpired term ending
June 30, 2006.
03/26 (S) Notified of Approval
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