Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee

As of 01/02/07 at 12:33

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HB 166  County superintendent of education; prohibit voters in    Mayo
 *      certain school districts from voting in election for.  
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 213  Office of Dropout Prevention; create within the State     Brown
 * %    Department of Education.                               
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 214  Curriculum choices; SDE design for students interested    Brown
 *      in direct entry into workforce.                        
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 215  MAEP; revise formula.                                     Brown
 *         02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 308  Local school boards; authorize to make surplus            Brown
 *      textbooks available to parents of school age children  
        in the district.                                       
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 318  Italian language pilot program; extend repealer on.       Brown
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 319  Local school health councils; direct local school         Brown
 *      districts to establish in conformity with federal      
        requirements.                                          
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 320  School boards; transfer training responsibility to        Brown
        Mississippi School Boards Association.                 
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 321  Substitute school bus drivers; authorize reimbursement    Brown
        for costs required for commercial driver's license.    
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 563  MAEP funding; extend repealer on additional funding for   Warren
        high growth districts.                                 
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 944  School districts; authorize to partner with entities,     Lott
 * %    organizations and corporations to benefit.             
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 951  School superintendents; require to notify teachers of     Lott
 *      nonreemployment before certain date.                   
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB1119  School districts; revise requirements relating to         Brown
 *      financial audits and reporting (Gov.).                 
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1121  School districts; establish home rule and exempt          Brown
 * %    certain districts from certain requirements.           
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1130  Public high schools; restructure means of delivering      Brown
 *      education.                                             
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1383  Poplarville School District; provide for elected school   Frierson
 *      board.                                                 
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB1423  High school diploma; authorize for students who           Reed
 *      withdrew before graduation and later achieved          
        equivalent requirements.                               
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1449  MEMA; authorize to use school buses to transport          Davis
        evacuees during a state of emergency.                  
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
SB2002  Adequate education program appropriation and local        Wilemon
        school district budgets to identify program funding    
        categories; require.                                   
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2008  Local school health councils; direct local school         Chaney
        districts to establish in conformity with federal      
        requirements.                                          
           03/08 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2025  Pilot program to offer Italian language classes; extend   Chaney
        repealer on.                                           
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2044  School-sponsored athletic programs; any student           Wilemon
        maintaining passing grades may participate.            
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2049  Charter schools study commission; extend for one year.    Chaney
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2050  Automatic school district transfer for children of        Brown
        military parents stationed in Mississippi; provide for.
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2055  Substitute and special state school bus drivers;          Chaney
        authorize reimbursement for costs required for         
        commercial driver's license.                           
           03/08 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2059  Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school      Jordan
        attendance for all.                                    
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2061  Local school superintendents; require 3 years of          Chaney
 *      administrative and 3 years of classroom experience.    
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2080  Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day         Tollison
        kindergarten program; delete provision.                
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2091  State contribution to MAEP; may not be increased more     Doxey
        than any percentage increase in General Fund revenues. 
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2101  Compensation of local school board members; increase.     Thomas
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2107  Expert citizen-teacher license; provide additional        Doxey
   %    qualifications for.                                    
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2108  Expert citizen-teacher license; retired persons with      Doxey
   %    certain qualifications may teach in high school.       
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2119  School board members elected in all districts;            Nunnelee
 *      superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.       
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2121  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Nunnelee
  $%    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2125  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2126  Local school tax millage contribution to MAEP;            Chaney
  $%    increase.                                              
           02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2130  Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in         Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2138  Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any      Doxey
   %    course in Grades 9-12.                                 
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2152  Vending machines; those located in schools may sell       Tollison
        only certain products.                                 
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2154  Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.                    Hewes
 *         02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2158  Teacher license; require revocation if person convicted   White
   %    of child abuse or child sexual abuse.                  
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2165  Compulsory-school-age student; clarify attendance         Chaney
        requirements for 17-year-old and kindergarten children.
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2167  School district consolidation; provide for                Hyde-Smith
   %    administrative consolidation of low-performing small   
        school districts.                                      
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2188  Local school board member training; transfer              Chaney
        responsibility to Mississippi School Boards            
        Association.                                           
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2198  Teacher/administrator licensure; make technical           Chaney
   %    amendments.                                            
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2215  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Harden
  $%       02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2216  Social workers in school districts; provide MAEP funds    Harden
        for.                                                   
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2226  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and       Harden
        while student teaching; authorize.                     
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2228  Annual leave for teachers; allow additional               Harden
        accumulation of personal leave.                        
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2233  Study selection and governance structures of local        Harden
        school boards; create task force.                      
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2262  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to January 
        1.                                                     
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2263  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to August  
        1.                                                     
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2267  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher            Harden
        incentive loans to applicants agreeing to teach in     
        public schools or universities.                        
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2270  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies to the SBE and the Legislature; require.     
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2274  Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize           Harden
        one-time payment by school district.                   
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2279  Donated leave; return unused leave pursuant to school     Harden
        board policy.                                          
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2281  School bond issue; authorize for one-year period          Harden
  $%    without election unless petition of the electorate     
        calls for an election.                                 
           02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2282  Classroom supply funds; restore and clarify               Harden
        distribution and administration of.                    
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2295  School district; elect members of all school boards in    Harden
        2009.                                                  
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2297  School districts may pay substitute teachers from any     Harden
        available district fund; authorize.                    
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2298  School services for special population students;          Harden
        require course of study in teacher preparation         
        curriculum and in-service staff.                       
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2299  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
   %    issues.                                                
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2300  Administrative consolidation of school districts in       Ross
   %    certain counties; provide referendum on the question   
        of.                                                    
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2311  School districts under conservatorship; authorize SDE     Chaney
   %    to contract with private entity to manage and clarify  
        sanctions.                                             
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2313  School social workers; allot adequate program funds       Simmons
        for.                                                   
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2314  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2333  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of 4 books per school year.             
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2341  Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30   Tollison
        years of teaching experience.                          
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2343  Education; Teacher Retention Scholarship Grant Program    Tollison
        requirements.                                          
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2345  School Employment Procedures Law; reduce probationary     Tollison
        period and include assistant teachers.                 
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2347  Local contribution required under MAEP; includes          Tollison
        amounts paid in lieu of ad valorem taxes.              
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2356  Establishment of local school board member as an          Thomas
        appointive or elected office; authorize referendum     
        pursuant to petition of electors.                      
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2392  Qualifications of local school superintendents; provide   Doxey
        alternative requirements.                              
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2406  County board of education is levying authority for all    Albritton
   %    school districts in county school system; provide.     
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2408  Local school district budgets; require at least 65% to    Hewes
        be expended for instructional purposes.                
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2409  Police jurisdiction of officers employed by school        King
        districts; expand to include area adjoining school     
        property.                                              
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2427  Discussing and answering questions on intelligent         Ross
        design in public school classes; teachers shall not be 
        prohibited from.                                       
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2441  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; revise certain    Tollison
        components.                                            
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2457  Uniform employment contract for noncertified school       Jordan
        personnel; prescribe components.                       
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2458  Expert citizen-teacher license; clarify qualifications    Clarke
   %    and allow person to teach any course in Grades 9-12.   
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2514  Student testing requirements of home instruction          Jackson (32nd)
        programs; SBE may require same standards as for public 
        school students.                                       
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2518  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson (32nd)
        students.                                              
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2521  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson (32nd)
        authorize under Division of Youth Services.            
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2530  Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities   Nunnelee
        Program; establish.                                    
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2533  Professional association dues deduction by teachers;      Williamson
        authorize.                                             
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2544  Student and Family Practice Protection Act; enact.        Nunnelee
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2547  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2549  School district; elect members of all school boards in    Nunnelee
        2009.                                                  
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2578  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; revise average    Michel
        daily attendance formula.                              
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2602  Mississippi Education Reform Act of 2006; enact.          Chaney
 * %       03/28 Approved by Governor
SB2604  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; revise certain    Chaney
 *      components.                                            
           03/24 Approved by Governor
SB2605  School buildings; require process for environmental       Dawkins
   %    evaluation of sites for school construction or         
        expansion.                                             
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2639  School district financial reports; require transparency   Chaney
   %    in reporting expenditures for direct instructional     
        purposes.                                              
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2665  Elected county superintendent of education; person        Doxey
        residing in municipal separate school district not     
        eligible to hold office.                               
           02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2698  Ad valorem tax, school collections; clarify additional    Chaney
   %    levy for collection costs and revise deadline for      
        transmitting tax collections.                          
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2700  Schools provide parents information about meningococcal   Chaney
 *      disease; require.                                      
           03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2701  School districts/community colleges/USM may borrow CDL    Chaney
 * %    funds to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane  
        Katrina; authorize.                                    
           02/20 Approved by Governor
SB2702  Early childhood education services; authorize             Chaney
        coordination of.                                       
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2704  Automatic transfer of student to school in adjacent       Chaney
 *      district on shorter bus route; provide for.            
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2706  Counting average daily attendance of students under       Flowers
        MAEP; revise formula.                                  
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2716  Abstinence education and fetal awareness instruction;     White
 *      require in all high schools.                           
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2718  Civil rights and human rights education in K-12 public    Tollison
 *      school curriculum; establish commission.               
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2753  State Board of Education to issue a nutrition integrity   Dawkins
        policy for Mississippi elementary and middle school    
        children; direct.                                      
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2791  Civil rights education in K-12 public school              Horhn
        curriculum; require and establish commission.          
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2813  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act of 2006;        Jackson (11th)
        enact.                                                 
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2869  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Chaney
   %       01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2897  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
  $%       02/22 (S) Died In Committee
SB2918  Financial literacy curricula in high school; require      Hyde-Smith
 * %    school districts to implement.                         
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2952  Age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten or first   Chaney
        grade; allow parent to determine developmental         
        preparation of child.                                  
           01/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2978  School board may contract for the development of          Doxey
 * %    surplus school property and issue notes/bonds;         
        authorize.                                             
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SN   3  Dr. Hank Mitchell Bounds, Pascagoula, Mississippi,        BOARD OF EDUCATION
        State Board of Education as the State Superintendent of
        Education, term effective August 1, 2005.              
           01/13 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  23  Dr. David Francis Sistrunk, Kosciusko, Mississippi,       GOVERNOR
        State Board of Education, nine-year term ending June   
        30, 2014.                                              
           02/02 (S) Notified of Approval
SN  93  Charles McClelland, Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi     LT. GOVERNOR
        State Board of Education, term beginning immediately   
        and ending July 1, 2010.                               
           03/22 (S) Notified of Approval


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


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