Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

House Education Committee

As of 08/07/07 at 13:58

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HB  37  School year; prohibits schools from opening before        Formby
        Labor Day.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB  84  Mississippi Code; provide set to office of                Moak
        superintendent of each public school district.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 130  School employees; repeal prohibition against making       Brown
        deductions from salary.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 174  Home school students; authorize participation in public   Baker (74th)
        school extracurricular activities.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 185  Driver's license; increase minimum age; require schools   Martinson
   %    to provide driver education in order to graduate.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 186  Scholastic year; prohibit schools from opening before     Markham
        August 15.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 188  School buses; increase maximum authorized speed limits.   Mayo
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 195  Schools; reduce number of days in scholastic year.        Baker (74th)
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 239  Teacher salaries; increase.                               Brown
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 251  School enrollment; authorize students to enroll in        Fleming
        district where parent is purchasing residence.         
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 255  School districts; provide for elected municipal           Chism
   %    trustees and appointed county superintendents.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 292  Physical education; require public schools to teach.      Gunn
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 321  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Denny
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 323  Teachers and assistant teachers; increase salaries.       Simpson
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Physical education and healthy nutrition instruction;     Clarke
        require in all public school kindergarten classes.     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 330  Schools; require teaching of reading in Grades 1-3 for    Martinson
        three hours each day.                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 334  School enrollment; allow exception to age requirements    Brown
        when parents of certain minors are deployed.           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 336  Tax levy to support schools; authorize levying            Chism
   %    authority to veto school board request for increase up 
        to seven percent.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 391  Elected school boards; elect all members at time of       Moore
        presidential election.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 392  State Superintendent of Public Education; elect at        Moore
   %    general state election.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 394  County school boards; members shall be elected by a       Moore
        majority vote.                                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 406  Driver education and training; include as a requirement   Fleming
   %    for graduation from public high schools.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 407  Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Act; create.   Fleming
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 408  Attention Deficit Disorder; require physicians to         Fleming
        report number of diagnoses in children to respective   
        school districts.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 413  School Testing Right to Know Act; create.                 Fleming
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 415  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvements    Fleming
  $%    to Level 1 and 2 public high schools.                  
           02/21 (H) Died In Committee
HB 417  Public schools; prohibit zero tolerance discipline        Fleming
        plans.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 418  Physical education; require public high schools to        Fleming
        teach daily.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 444  Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base   Clark
        student cost for at-risk students.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 452  Tax levy to support schools; authorize levying            Moore
   %    authority to veto school board request for increase up 
        to seven percent.                                      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 461  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore
        scholastic year.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 462  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Moore
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 466  School bus drivers; state will pay health insurance       Guice
   %    cost for PERS retirees employed as.                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 473  Dyslexic students; require schools to permit temporary    Aldridge
        absence to receive remediation services.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 497  Schools providing information about meningococcal         Brown
        disease; delete repealer on requirement.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 500  Teacher education program; require instruction in the     Martinson
        teaching of phonics.                                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 504  School social workers and psychologists; authorize        Clark
        districts to employ and receive partial state          
        reimbursement for salaries.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 505  Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision        Clark
        allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 506  School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi      Clark
        History course for 9th grade public school students.   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 507  Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.           Clark
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 513  School buses; require new buses to be equipped with       Barnett
        seatbelts.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 530  School enrollment; extend repealer on statute             Warren
        prescribing acceptable proof of age (RP).              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 531  School Crisis Management Program; extend repealer (RP).   Warren
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 532  Regional educational service agencies; extend repealer    Warren
   %    on school boards' authority to establish (RP).         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 549  Schools providing information on meningococcal disease;   Warren
        extend repealer on requirement of (RP).                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 550  Conflict resolution and peer mediation materials;         Warren
        extend repealer on duty of State Board of Education to 
        compile (RP).                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 551  Habitually disruptive students; extend repealer on        Warren
        authority for automatic expulsion of.                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 552  Mississippi School Administrator Sabbatical Program;      Warren
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 554  Charter schools; extend repealer on authority to create   Warren
 *      (RP).                                                  
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 588  Child care; Department of Education and school            Hines
        districts shall administer CCDF/TANF program.          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 592  Public school students; authorize community service as    Hines
        alternative to suspension or expulsion.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 594  School curriculum; require voter education as part of     Hines
        United States government course.                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 595  Health instruction; require public schools to teach       Hines
        physical education courses.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 625  Creationism or Intelligent Design; authorize school       Lott
        boards to allow teaching of.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 626  School athletic trainers; require annual salary           Lott
        supplement for acquiring national certification.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 698  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Robinson (84th)
        public schools.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 703  School curriculum; require drug education in public       Mims
        schools Grades 2 through 8.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 709  Suspension of students; revise right of parents to a      Franks
        hearing on.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 729  School district superintendents; appoint in all           Lott
   %    districts.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 730  Quality Education and Teacher and Principal Protection    Lott
        Act; create.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 732  Mississippi Healthy Students Act; enact.                  Reeves
 *         02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 737  Head lice; revise notification and treatment provisions   Bounds
   %    for students with to also include those with lice      
        nits.                                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 741  Licensed school employees; repeal prohibition against     Calhoun
        payroll deductions for association dues.               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 758  Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.                       Hines
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 814  School district employees; authorize voluntary dues       Lane
        deductions for membership in professional              
        organizations.                                         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 831  Compulsory school attendance requirements; raise from     Brown
        16 to 17 years of age.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 832  Alternative school programs; local school districts       Brown
        have broad authority to establish.                     
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 833  School boards; specify circumstances under which they     Brown
 * %    may grant financial hardship waivers.                  
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 834  Program to redesign secondary schools in Mississippi;     Brown
 *      authorize State Board of Education to develop.         
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 835  Conflict resolution and mediation materials; revise how   Brown
 *      they are developed by State Board of Education.        
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 836  Physical education and health education in schools;       Brown
        provide for certain requirements regarding.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 847  Superintendents; provide for appointment in all           Mayo
        districts.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 848  School districts; elect all board members and appoint     Hines
   %    all superintendents.                                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 867  Sex education pilot program; State Boards of Education    Clarke
        and Health to jointly establish for public schools.    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 868  School bus safety belts; create study committee to        Clarke
        determine the feasibility of requiring.                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 883  School district programs; delete repealers on certain.    Brown
 * %       02/08 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 884  Voluntary pilot program for prekindergarten children;     Brown
        authorize State Board of Education to implement.       
           02/08 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 907  School districts; create additional exemptions from       Gunn
   %    certain duties in districts accredited at Level 4 or 5.
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 935  Sixteenth section land; authorize school boards to        Gunn
        contract with private forester for managing timber.    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 970  Compulsory School Law; delete authority to disenroll      Brown
        kindergarten students and include students turning 17  
        in school year.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 971  School district superintendents; require three years      Brown
        administrative experience before service as            
        superintendent.                                        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 972  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Brown
   %       01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 973  Teachers' salaries; increase next five years and          Markham
        determine "living wage" for assistant teachers.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 975  School district employees; authorize voluntary dues       Brown
        deductions for membership in professional              
        organizations.                                         
           02/08 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 976  Disciplinary Action Review Board; create to hear          Brown
        teachers' appeals relating to students' return to      
        class.                                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 983  Habitually disruptive students; repeal provision          Buck
        authorizing automatic expulsion of.                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 984  Habitually disruptive students; revise provisions         Buck
 *      relating to expulsion of.                              
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 995  Civil rights and human rights education; require in       Dickson
        public school curriculum.                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 998  MAEP funding; increase adjustment to base student cost    Myers
        for at-risk students.                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1000  Teacher wage incentive program; establish for early       Brown
        childhood programs in Quality Rating System.           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1002  Early childhood education; revise duties of Interagency   Brown
        Advisory Committee for Early Childhood Services.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1003  School superintendent; prohibit person from holding       Brown
        office if member of school board of another district.  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1009  Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary      Brown
        period and include assistant teachers.                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1032  MAEP; provide additional allocation to high growth        Simpson
        districts regardless of funding level.                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1035  Teachers and assistant teachers; increase salaries        McBride
        annually for next five years.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1051  School enrollment; authorize in 1st Grade before age      Straughter
        six if child succeeds on achievement test.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1052  Teachers; increase number of years for annual             Brown
        incremental salary increases.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1053  School dropouts; suspend driver's licenses and require    Brown
        SDE to take steps to reduce.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1058  Early literacy and numeracy screening instruments;        Aldridge
 *      require MDE to administer to all school districts.     
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1073  Mississippi Eminent Scholars Program; eliminate GPA       Martinson
        requirement for eligibility.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1084  Board of Education; require to evaluate inclusion of      Brown
 *      graduation and dropout rates in certain accountability 
        system.                                                
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1087  Assistant teachers; study career path opportunity         Harrison
 * %    program for.                                           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1129  School districts; require administrative consolidation    Denny
   %    into one district per county.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1132  School nurse program; establish under State Department    Holland *
 *      of Education and provide funding for.                  
           04/21 Approved by Governor
HB1215  School ad valorem taxes; limit requirement to advertise   Brown
   %    proposed increases to those exceeding 4%.              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1222  Mississippi Foundation for Early Childhood Development;   Dickson
        create.                                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1249  School ad valorem taxes; exempt additional revenue from   Brown
   %    post-Katrina increases in assessed value from          
        limitations.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1267  Autism; create task force to study growing incidence of   Akins
 *      and ways to improve services.                          
           03/26 Approved by Governor
HB1278  Public property; DFA to assign certain property in        Weathersby
        Tishomingo County to the Department of Education.      
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1289  Advanced placement courses; require access for all        Flaggs
        sophomores to exam determining students' ability to    
        succeed in.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1296  Early childhood care and education grant program;         Lott
        authorize collaboration under DHS.                     
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1308  Juvenile detention centers; require Department of         Brown
 *      Education to ensure educational services for detainees.
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1407  Exceptional students; require public schools to allow     Aldridge
        students with Down's syndrome to participate in        
        electives.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1416  Students; require those in Grades 7-12 to maintain a      Banks
        2.0 GPA to participate in athletics.                   
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1455  School guidance counselors; provide funding allotment     Whittington
        based on school enrollment.                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1458  Mississippi Put Parents in Charge Act; create.            Moore
   %       01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1463  School districts; authorize recall of superintendent      Brown
 * %    and board members in districts under conservatorship.  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1487  Education in child care facilities; require Department    McCoy
        of Education to establish minimum requirements.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1491  Pilot program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy;         McCoy
        implement in East Tallahatchie School District.        
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
SB2323  Teacher salaries; increase.                               Chaney
 *         04/17 Approved by Governor
SB2324  Repealers on certain school district programs; extend     Chaney
 * %    and make certain revisions for.                        
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2338  Alternative school programs; local school districts       Chaney
        have broad authority to establish.                     
           03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2345  Program to redesign secondary schools in Mississippi;     Chaney
 *      authorize State Board of Education to develop.         
           03/30 Approved by Governor
SB2369  Physical education and health education programs in       Chaney
 *      school districts; require certain minimum standards.   
           04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2667  Early childhood care and education grant program;         Chaney
 *      authorize collaboration under DHS.                     
           03/22 Approved by Governor
SB2818  Juvenile detention facilities; provide educational        Chaney
 *      services to detainees.                                 
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2960  State Board of Education school district                  Chaney
 *      conservatorship and accountability authority; clarify. 
           04/10 Approved by Governor


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


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