Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee

As of 04/26/05 at 08:52

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HB 170  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            McCoy
        high-growth school district formula.                   
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 238  Charter schools; extend repealer; establish study         Warren
 *      commission.                                            
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 605  School boards; revise residency requirements of member    Myers
        in municipal separate school districts with added      
        territory.                                             
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB 758  School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims   Pierce
 * %    to be ratified by local school board.                  
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB 760  Southern Regional Education Board; clarify appointments   Pierce
 *      to.                                                    
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 823  MAEP; establish commission to study effectiveness and     Pierce
 *      efficiency of.                                         
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
HB 824  Public schools; establish commission to study enhanced    Pierce
 *      educational practices.                                 
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB1163  Italian language classes; establish a pilot program to    Davis
        offer to students in grades K-12.                      
           03/16 Approved by Governor
HB1302  School Property Development Act of 2005; create.          Watson
 * %       04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1396  School boards; authorize to enter into contracts with     Pierce
 * %    third party to consolidate central office              
        administrative functions.                              
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2019  School district reduction in force policy; prohibit any   Ross
        denial of reemployment of teachers for 18 months.      
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2036  Teacher license; require revocation if person convicted   White
   %    of child abuse or child sexual abuse.                  
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2047  Contract with private entities to provide                 Burton
   %    noninstructional services to pupils; authorize school  
        districts to.                                          
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2061  School board elections; elect members in all school       Nunnelee
        districts.                                             
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2062  Mississippi Science, Technology, Engineering and          Nunnelee
        Mathematics (STEM) Education Competitiveness Act;      
        establish.                                             
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2078  Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary      Tollison
        period and include assistant teachers.                 
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2095  School board members elected in all districts;            Nunnelee
 *      superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.       
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2101  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Nunnelee
  $%    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2103  Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in         Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2108  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2111  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2113  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact.         Nunnelee
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2134  Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day         Tollison
        kindergarten program; delete provision.                
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2142  School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims   Chaney
 * %    to be ratified by local school board.                  
           03/28 (S) Died In Conference
SB2143  Ad valorem school tax collections; clarify additional     Chaney
   %    levy for collection costs and revise deadline for      
        transmitting tax collections.                          
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2150  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
   %    issues.                                                
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2155  Annual leave for teachers; allow additional               Harden
        accumulation of personal leave.                        
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2157  Determination of average daily attendance; computed on    Harden
        October 30th of each year.                             
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2161  Reductions in Adequate Education or EEF allotments;       Harden
        school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority  
        applies to.                                            
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2162  Study selection and governance structures of local        Harden
        school boards; create task force.                      
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2166  Sixteenth Section Principal funds; clarify authorized     Harden
        investments and refinancing of loans from.             
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2170  School services for special population students;          Harden
        require course of study in teacher preparation         
        curriculum and in-service staff.                       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2172  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies to the SBE and the Legislature; require.     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2177  School superintendents shall have 4 years'                Browning
        administrative experience; require.                    
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2178  School term; revise first day and reduce length in all    Browning
        school districts.                                      
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2189  Short term notes issued by school districts; increase     Harden
  $%    maximum levy for repayment of.                         
           02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2194  Using non-wood baseball bats in public school league      Nunnelee
        games; prohibit.                                       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2198  Short-term notes issued by school districts; increase     Harden
  $%    maximum levy for repayment of.                         
           02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2199  School districts may pay substitute teachers from any     Harden
        available district fund; authorize.                    
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2200  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher            Harden
        incentive loans to applicants agreeing to teach in     
        public schools or universities.                        
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2203  Disposal of old business records of school districts;     Harden
        clarify process.                                       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2210  Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize           Harden
        one-time payment by school district.                   
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2212  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to January 
        1.                                                     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2215  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to August  
        1.                                                     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2217  Refunding bond provisions; all school districts may use   Harden
  $%    provisions of.                                         
           02/23 (S) Died In Committee
SB2220  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and       Harden
        while student teaching; authorize.                     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2227  School bond issue; authorize for one-year period          Harden
   %    without election unless petition of the electorate     
        calls for an election.                                 
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2234  Classroom supply funds; restore and clarify               Harden
        distribution and administration of.                    
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2243  School personnel; prescribe minimum requirements for      Turner
        uniform employment contract for certain.               
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2247  Conversion of unused leave for school district            Chaney
 *      employees; revise limitations.                         
           03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2266  Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any      Doxey
   %    course in Grades 9-12.                                 
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2272  State Board of Education expend federal funds for         Chaney
        licensed teachers; clarify authority.                  
           03/15 Approved by Governor
SB2274  School districts under conservatorship; authorize SDE     Chaney
 * %    to contract with private entity to manage.             
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2277  General Educational Developmental Test (GED) security     Burton
 *      procedures; criminal penalties for violations of.      
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2286  Teaching and presentation of scientific creationism in    Jackson (15th)
        the public schools; require.                           
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2292  School districts to purchase commodities or equipment     Harden
   %    through state group purchasing program; authorize.     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2294  School bus drivers; prohibit the use of cellular phones   Ross
 *      while driving.                                         
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2295  Adequate education program appropriation and local        Wilemon
 *      school district budgets to identify program funding    
        categories; require.                                   
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2300  Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school      Jordan
        attendance for all.                                    
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2302  At-risk school districts; shall adopt certain policies    Simmons
   %    and procedures.                                        
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2312  Compulsory school attendance requirement; child who       Chaney
 *      attains 17 years of age during the year shall complete 
        the school term.                                       
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2313  Appointments to the Council for Education Technology;     Chaney
        restore Senate confirmation on.                        
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2315  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Harden
   %       02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2320  School district fiscal year; same as county fiscal        Cuevas
        year.                                                  
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2358  Social workers in school districts; provide MAEP funds    Harden
        for.                                                   
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2375  School social workers; allot adequate program funds       Simmons
        for.                                                   
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2376  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2379  All school districts participate in public school         Burton
        choice; require.                                       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2468  Appointments to Southern Regional Education Board;        Chaney
        clarify.                                               
           03/21 Approved by Governor
SB2475  Local contribution required under MAEP; includes          Tollison
   %    amounts paid in lieu of ad valorem taxes.              
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2501  School district consolidation; provide for                Ross
   %    administrative consolidation of low performing small   
        school districts.                                      
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2504  Mississippi Education Reform Act of 2005; enact.          Chaney
 * %       03/28 (S) Died In Conference
SB2505  Teacher salary scale; revise.                             Chaney
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2508  School board members elected in all districts;            Chaney
        superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2513  State Board of Education to issue a nutrition integrity   Dawkins
        policy for Mississippi elementary and middle school    
        children; direct.                                      
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2536  Automatic transfer of certain students attending          Horhn
        nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are        
        satisfactory.                                          
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2539  Performance pay plan for certified teachers; establish.   Chaney
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2541  School districts; provide for elected boards, appointed   Chaney
        superintendents and administrative consolidation.      
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2542  Criminal record background checks for educational         Chaney
   %    personnel; revise certain procedures.                  
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2543  Education Enhancement Funds; clarify use for classroom    Gordon
        supplies and authorize portion for support of MAEP.    
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2560  School business administrators; provide minimum           Tollison
        qualifications for.                                    
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2573  Education; Teacher Retention Scholarship Grant Program    Tollison
        requirements.                                          
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2576  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson (32nd)
        students.                                              
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2584  Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property.   Jackson (32nd)
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2585  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson (32nd)
        authorize under Division of Youth Services.            
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2594  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
   %       02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2612  Teacher dues check-off; authorize.                        Williamson
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2652  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of 4 books per school year.             
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2695  State-funded opportunity scholarships for students to     Hewes
        attend private schools; authorize.                     
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2696  Open enrollment policy and private school opportunity     Lee (35th)
        scholarships; provide for.                             
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2708  Quality Education and Teacher and Principal Protection    Hewes
        Act; create.                                           
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2713  Administrative consolidation of school districts in       Hewes
 * %    certain Mississippi Gulf Coast county; provide         
        referendum on the question of.                         
           02/11 (S) Motion to Reconsider Lost
SB2715  Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.                    Hewes
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2731  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; establish         Chaney
 *      commission to study effectiveness and efficiency of.   
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2758  Administration of Mississippi School of the Arts;         Hyde-Smith
        transfer from SBE to USM.                              
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2775  School district consolidation; provide for                Pickering
   %    administrative consolidation of small school districts.
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2803  Required local revenue to support Mississippi Adequate    Chaney
  $%    Education Program and local school tax millage cap;    
        increase.                                              
           02/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2850  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Chaney
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2856  Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30   Tollison
        years of teaching experience.                          
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2930  Adequate education program; delete repealer on            Flowers
        high-growth school district formula.                   
           03/01 (H) Died In Committee
SB2963  School Property Development Act; create.                  Chaney
   %       02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SB2974  Student testing requirements for home instruction         Jackson (32nd)
        programs; SBE may require same standards as for public 
        school students.                                       
           02/01 (S) Died In Committee
SN   8  Ann Cathey Brock, Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi       GOVERNOR
        Authority for Educational Television, four-year term   
        ending July 1, 2008.                                   
           03/25 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  25  Howell Nicholson (Hal) Gage, Vicksburg, Mississippi,      GOVERNOR
        State Board of Education, unexpired term ending June   
        30, 2007.                                              
           02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  39  John Perry Sansing, Columbus, Mississippi, Educational    GOVERNOR
        Televison Authority, unexpired term ending June 30,    
        2007.                                                  
           03/25 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  56  William Harold (Bill) Jones, Petal, Mississippi, State    SPEAKER
        Board of Education, term beginning September 20, 2004  
        and ending June 30, 2008.                              
           02/04 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  90  Steven Natalie Williams, Jackson, Mississippi, State      BOARD OF EDUCATION
        Board of Education as Director, Office of Educational  
        Accountability, term effective January 1, 2005.        
           02/04 (S) Notified of Approval


KEY: * = Amended % = 3/5ths Vote Required V = Vetoed
  $ = Revenue @ = Exempted From Deadline P = Partially Vetoed


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