Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee

As of 06/01/04 at 15:42

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HB 242  Adult entertainment business; prohibit establishment on   Fleming
 *      sixteenth section land or lieu land.                   
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 635  Teachers; revise contract day requirements for salary     Pierce
        experience increments.                                 
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB 636  School counselors and speech pathologists; continue       Pierce
 *      receiving salary supplement without NBPTS              
        certification.                                         
           05/03 (H) Died In Conference
HB 656  Assistant teachers; clarify that minimum number of sick   Pierce
 *      leave days will be same as licensed teachers.          
           04/29 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 657  School districts; authorize to provide training and       Pierce
 * %    incentive pay to comply with No Child Left Behind Act. 
           05/14 Approved by Governor
HB 661  Teacher license; revise procedure for reinstatement of.   Pierce
 *         04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 662  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Program; extend     Pierce
 *      repealer on.                                           
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 663  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Pierce
 * %    extend repealer on.                                    
           05/13 Approved by Governor
HB 664  Charter Schools; delete repealer on authorization of.     Pierce
 *         05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 665  Code of student conduct; delete repealer on provision     Pierce
        recognizing teacher as classroom authority.            
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 666  Administrative superintendent; delete term from public    Pierce
        school statutes.                                       
           04/07 (S) Died In Committee
HB 667  School districts; clarify authority for joint purchases   Pierce
 *      by.                                                    
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB 741  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            Jennings
 *      high-growth school district formula.                   
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 998  Honorary high school diplomas; authorize school boards    Montgomery
        to award to Vietnam War veterans.                      
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1177  State Board of Education; authorize to compensate         Brown
        certain school bus drivers for expenses in getting     
        commercial license.                                    
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1178  Council of Education Technology; revise membership of.    Brown
 *         05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1188  Substitute teachers; authorize certain private firms to   Jennings
 * %    perform background checks on.                          
           04/15 (S) Died In Committee
HB1251  State Auditor; authorize to establish policies and        Brown
 *      procedures for accounting of student average daily     
        attendance.                                            
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB1269  Mississippi Holocaust Commission; create.                 Frierson
 *         04/28 Approved by Governor
HB1366  Exceptional children; revise eligibility requirements     Pierce
 *      to receive state assistance to attend certain schools. 
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1397  Task force; create to study feasibility of                Pierce
 *      reconstituting methods of professional development for 
        school board members.                                  
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1552  School boards; authorize to implement a financial         Fleming
 * %    literacy program for students.                         
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
SB2003  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Nunnelee
 *      after 1/1/2008, with exception.                        
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2012  Teacher Retention Grant Program; scholarships available   Chamberlin
        to teachers working for a Master's or Doctorate of     
        Education degree.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2022  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2025  School social workers; allot adequate program funds       Simmons
        for.                                                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2026  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of 4 books per school year.             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2030  School board elections; elect members in all school       Nunnelee
        districts.                                             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2031  Licensed school employees; revise date for notice of      Simmons
 *      reemployment or nonreemployment.                       
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2033  Mississippi Science, Technology, Engineering and          Nunnelee
        Mathematics (STEM) Education Competitiveness Act;      
        establish.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2042  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Nunnelee
   %    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2047  Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30   Chamberlin
        years of teaching experience.                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2056  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2065  School term; revise first day for all schools.            Hewes
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2069  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2071  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2085  Payment of small invoices by school superintendents;      Kirby
 * %    authorize with school board approval at next meeting.  
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2099  Filling vacancies on county board of education; revise    Huggins
        method of.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2111  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact.         Nunnelee
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2118  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson (32nd)
        authorize under Division of Youth Services.            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2129  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson (32nd)
        students.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2130  Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property.   Jackson (32nd)
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2143  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors;        Tollison
        require new applicants to complete NBPT Master Teacher 
        process.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2155  Determination of average daily attendance; computed on    Harden
        October 30th of each year.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2157  Annual leave for teachers; allow additional               Harden
        accumulation of personal leave.                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2162  Education of exceptional children; revise parent due      Harden
        process and investigation procedures.                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2175  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies and fund-raising activities to the SBE and   
        the Legislature; require.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2180  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher            Harden
        incentive loans to applicants agreeing to teach in     
        public schools or universities.                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2181  Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize           Harden
        one-time payment by school district.                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2182  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
   %    issues.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2183  School bond issue; authorize for one-year period          Harden
   %    without election unless petition of the electorate     
        calls for an election.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2185  School services for special population students;          Harden
        require course of study in teacher preparation         
        curriculum and in-service staff.                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2192  Study selection and governance structures of local        Harden
        school boards; create task force.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2276  School board limitation based on assessed valuation;      Tollison
   %    revise.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2296  Administrative superintendent; delete term from public    Chaney
        school statutes.                                       
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2297  Assistant teachers receive same minimum sick leave days   Chaney
 *      as licensed teachers; clarify.                         
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2300  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Chaney
 *      extend repealer.                                       
           05/03 (S) Died In Conference
SB2301  Joint purchases by school districts; clarify authority.   Chaney
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2302  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors and     Chaney
 *      school speech-language pathologists and audiologists;  
        clarify.                                               
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2303  MAEP funding provision for high-growth school             Chaney
        districts; delete repealer on.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2304  Local school districts to provide training and            Chaney
   %    incentive pay to comply with federal No Child Left     
        Behind Act; authorize.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2305  Minimum requirements for uniform employment contract      Chaney
        for certified and noncertified school personnel;       
        prescribe.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2306  Certified school personnel; clarify application of        Chaney
        School Employment Procedures Act (SEPA).               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2307  MS Employer-Assisted Housing Program for public school    Chaney
 *      teachers in critical need areas; extend repealer on.   
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2308  Procedure for reinstatement of a teacher's license;       Chaney
 * %    revise.                                                
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2309  Contract day requirements for teacher salary experience   Chaney
        increments; revise.                                    
           04/14 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2310  Operation of charter schools; delete repealer on          Chaney
        statutes authorizing.                                  
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2316  Teacher's authority in the classroom; delete automatic    Chaney
        repealer.                                              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2337  Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any      Doxey
   %    course in Grades 9-12.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2339  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2348  Automatic transfer of certain students attending          Horhn
        nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are        
        satisfactory.                                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2364  School district fiscal year; same as county fiscal        Cuevas
        year.                                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2366  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and       Harden
        while student teaching; authorize.                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2376  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Chaney
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2385  Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.                    Hewes
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2409  State Board of Education to issue a nutrition integrity   Dawkins
        policy for Mississippi elementary and middle school    
        children; direct.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2446  Honorary high school diplomas to Vietnam War veterans;    Little
 *      authorize.                                             
           04/29 Approved by Governor
SB2486  Vaccinations; allow exemption for school attendance       King
        with certificate from physician.                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2498  Contract personnel with direct contact with students;     Chaney
 * %    authorize procedure for criminal background checks.    
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2516  Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day         Tollison
        kindergarten program; delete provision.                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2524  Board of Education; require all third grade students      Tollison
        who fail to meet certain proficiency levels to attend  
        summer school.                                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2547  School nurses; allow those who complete NBCSN             Harden
        certification to receive a salary supplement.          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2551  School superintendents shall have 4 years'                Harden
        administrative experience; require.                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2565  State/school life insurance plan; allow school            Robertson
        districts/community colleges/libraries to choose a plan
        in lieu of participation.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2590  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Harden
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2595  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first; move to August 1.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2620  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to January 
        1.                                                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2658  Education enhancement funds allocated for certain         Gordon
        purposes; divert for general education programs.       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2693  Contract with private entities to provide                 Burton
 * %    noninstuctional services to pupils; authorize school   
        districts to.                                          
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2697  Mississippi Celebrity Honorary or Memorial Forestland     Thames
        Program for the benefit of public education; create.   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2712  Eligibility for alternative teaching route programs and   Chaney
 *      teacher scholarship incentives; revise (Governor's     
        proposal).                                             
           04/26 Approved by Governor
SB2731  Pre-kindergarten program for four-year old children and   Chaney
        three-year old children; phase in programs.            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2736  Local school board meetings; clarify excused absences.    Harvey
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2737  School district reduction in force policy; prohibit any   Ross
        denial of reemployment of teachers for 18 months.      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2753  Classroom supply funds; clarify distribution and          Harden
        administration of.                                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2762  Public notices of proposed ad valorem tax effort by       Williamson
        school districts; change content.                      
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2849  Reed Act Funds to vo-tech centers for workforce           Burton
        development system; provide for allocation of.         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2863  MS Commission on Public School Activities to regulate     Hewes
   %    all athletic and extracurricular public school         
        activities; establish.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2865  Teacher salary scale for 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school   Chaney
        years; bring forward.                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2866  MAEP funding provision for high-growth school             Chamberlin
        districts; delete repealer on.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2876  Exceptional children receiving state financial            Chaney
 *      assistance; revise eligibility requirements.           
           04/14 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2878  Territory annexed by municipality with Level 3 schools;   Gollott
        is automatically added to municipal separate school    
        district.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2903  School districts may pay substitute teachers from any     Harden
        available district fund; authorize.                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2904  Disposal of old business records of school districts;     Harden
 *      clarify process.                                       
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2963  All school districts participate in public school         Burton
        choice; required.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2964  Required local revenue to support Mississippi Adequate    Chaney
   %    Education Program and local school tax millage cap;    
        increase.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2969  School districts may develop and implement voluntary      Harden
 * %    prekindergarten program; authorize.                    
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2970  Payment of small invoices by school superintendents;      Harden
   %    authorize with school board approval at next meeting.  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2973  School districts to purchase commodities or equipment     Harden
   %    through state group purchasing program; authorize.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2974  Short term notes issued by school districts; increase     Harden
   %    maximum levy for repayment of.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2976  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies to the SBE and the Legislature; require.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2978  Reductions in Adequate Education or EEF allotments;       Harden
   %    school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority  
        applies to.                                            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2979  Sixteenth Section Principal Funds; clarify authorized     Harden
        investments and refinancing of loans from.             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2980  Mississippi School for the Arts; shall be organized as    Chaney
        nonprofit tax exempt corporation.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3016  Educational service agencies; provide for establishment   Carmichael
 * %    by school districts.                                   
           04/26 Approved by Governor
SB3036  University dual credit programs for high school           Frazier
        students; authorize school districts to establish.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3058  Refunding bond provisions; all school districts may use   Harden
  $%    provisions of.                                         
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SN  51  Mrs. Rebecca Harris, Booneville, Mississippi,             SPEAKER
        Education, St. Board Of, beginning July 1, 2004 and    
        ending June 30, 2013.                                  
           05/06 (S) Notified of Approval

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