Mississippi Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee

As of 08/07/07 at 13:59

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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 334  School enrollment; allow exception to age requirements    Brown
        when parents of certain minors are deployed.           
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 554  Charter schools; extend repealer on authority to create   Warren
 *      (RP).                                                  
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 732  Mississippi Healthy Students Act; enact.                  Reeves
 *         02/27 (S) 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 984  Habitually disruptive students; revise provisions         Buck
 *      relating to expulsion of.                              
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1058  Early literacy and numeracy screening instruments;        Aldridge
 *      require MDE to administer to all school districts.     
           03/15 Approved by Governor
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
HB1267  Autism; create task force to study growing incidence of   Akins
 *      and ways to improve services.                          
           03/26 Approved by Governor
HB1308  Juvenile detention centers; require Department of         Brown
 *      Education to ensure educational services for detainees.
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1463  School districts; authorize recall of superintendent      Brown
 * %    and board members in districts under conservatorship.  
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB2001  Teacher license; require revocation if person convicted   White
   %    of child abuse or child sexual abuse.                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2019  Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30   Tollison
        years of teaching experience.                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2041  Financial literacy curricula in high school; require      Hyde-Smith
   %    school districts to implement.                         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2084  Children to attend school in the school district of       Flowers
        residence; provide civil & criminal penalties against  
        parent for noncompliance.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2093  Compensation of local school board members; increase.     Thomas
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2095  MS Commission on Public School Activities to regulate     Dawkins
   %    all athletic and extracurricular public school         
        activities; establish.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2096  Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school      Lee (47th)
        attendance for all.                                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2105  School employment procedures law; reduce probationary     Jordan
        period for certified employees.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2115  School-sponsored athletic programs; any student           Wilemon
        maintaining passing grades may participate.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2119  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2127  School term; cannot begin more than 14 days before        Williamson
        Labor Day.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2140  School bus seat belt requirements; SDE shall adopt        Michel
        minimum standards.                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2143  Establishment of local school board member as an          Thomas
        appointive or elected office; authorize referendum     
        pursuant to petition of electors.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2155  Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize           Harden
        one-time payment by school district.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2161  School district; elect members of all school boards in    Harden
        2009.                                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2163  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies to the SBE and the Legislature; require.     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2164  Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher            Harden
        incentive loans to applicants agreeing to teach in     
        public schools or universities.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2170  Study selection and governance structures of local        Harden
        school boards; create task force.                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2172  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and       Harden
        while student teaching; authorize.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2183  Social workers in school districts; provide MAEP funds    Harden
        for.                                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2205  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2219  Education; Teacher Retention Scholarship Grant Program    Tollison
        requirements.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2225  Donated leave; return unused leave pursuant to school     Harden
        board policy.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2228  Annual leave for teachers; allow additional               Harden
        accumulation of personal leave.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2231  Adequate education program appropriation and local        Wilemon
        school district budgets to identify program funding    
        categories; require.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2232  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to January 
        1.                                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2243  Income tax credit; provide for contributions to school    Nunnelee
  $%    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2246  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Harden
  $%       02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2250  School Employment Procedures Law; include assistant       Tollison
        teachers under.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2252  School bond issue; authorize for one-year period          Harden
  $%    without election unless petition of the electorate     
        calls for an election.                                 
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2255  Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.                    Hewes
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2277  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of four books per school year.          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2278  Certified athletic trainers; allow to receive salary      Fillingane
        supplement if have completed NATA certification        
        process.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2289  School social worker; allot adequate education program    Simmons
        funds for.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2314  Repealer on school district program on meningococcal      Chaney
        disease; delete.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2322  Voluntary pilot program for prekindergarten children;     Chaney
        authorize State Board of Education to implement.       
           01/30 (S) 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
SB2325  School superintendents; appointed after January 1,        Chaney
        2008.                                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2326  Compulsory-school-attendance requirements; extend from    Chaney
        16 to 17 years of age.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2327  Compulsory-school-age student; clarify attendance         Chaney
        requirements for 17-year-old and kindergarten children.
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2328  Automatic transfer of student to school in adjacent       Chaney
        district on shorter bus route; provide for.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2329  School districts under conservatorship; authorize SDE     Chaney
   %    to contract with private entity to manage and clarify  
        sanctions.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2330  School district financial reports; require 65% of         Chaney
        budget to be expended for direct instructional         
        purposes.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2332  Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities   Nunnelee
        Program; establish.                                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2338  Alternative school programs; local school districts       Chaney
        have broad authority to establish.                     
           03/13 Approved by Governor
SB2344  Licensed school employees; allow use of personal leave    Mettetal
        near holiday if summoned by court.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2345  Program to redesign secondary schools in Mississippi;     Chaney
 *      authorize State Board of Education to develop.         
           03/30 Approved by Governor
SB2346  Early childhood education services; authorize             Chaney
        coordination of.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2347  Local school tax millage contribution to MAEP;            Chaney
  $%    increase.                                              
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2348  School district consolidation; provide for                Hyde-Smith
   %    administrative consolidation of low-performing small   
        school districts.                                      
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2353  Vaccinations; allow exemption from school attendance      Fillingane
        with certificate from physician.                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2356  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
  $%       02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SB2369  Physical education and health education programs in       Chaney
 *      school districts; require certain minimum standards.   
           04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2376  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson (32nd)
        authorize under Division of Youth Services.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2379  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson (32nd)
        students.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2380  Student testing requirements of home instruction          Jackson (32nd)
        programs; SBE may require same standards as for public 
        school students.                                       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2393  Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day         Tollison
        kindergarten program; delete provision.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2419  State Board of Education to issue a nutrition integrity   Dawkins
        policy for Mississippi elementary and middle school    
        children; clarify.                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2460  Expert citizen-teacher license; retired persons with      Doxey
   %    certain qualifications may teach in high school.       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2462  Expert citizen-teacher license; provide additional        Doxey
   %    qualifications for.                                    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2463  Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any      Doxey
   %    course in Grades 9-12.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2478  Qualifications of local school superintendents; provide   Doxey
        alternative requirements.                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2557  School district conflict resolution and peer mediation    Simmons
        curricula; prescribe.                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2609  School board members elected in all districts;            Nunnelee
        superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.       
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2613  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2626  Homeschool students; authorize dual enrollment in         Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2632  Mississippi Code; provide a set to the school board of    Dearing
        each public school district.                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2667  Early childhood care and education grant program;         Chaney
 *      authorize collaboration under DHS.                     
           03/22 Approved by Governor
SB2691  Misdemeanor for allowing dues check-off by teachers;      Williamson
        repeal.                                                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2725  School buildings; require process for environmental       Dawkins
   %    evaluation of sites for school construction or         
        expansion.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2742  Education in child care facilities; require Department    Jordan
        of Education to establish minimum requirements.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2792  School buses; require seat belts after certain date.      Albritton
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2796  Salary supplement for teachers who relocate to critical   Clarke
        teacher shortage areas; authorize.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2803  School guidance counselors; provide state funds for.      Harden
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2807  Compulsory school attendance requirements; child with     Hewes
        30 or more excused/unexcused absences not allowed to   
        advance or graduate.                                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2818  Juvenile detention facilities; provide educational        Chaney
 *      services to detainees.                                 
           04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2819  Juvenile detention facilities; provide educational        Dearing
        services to detainees.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2867  Additional MAEP funds for high-growth school districts;   Flowers
        100% funding immediately instead of three-year         
        phase-in.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2885  4% budget increase limitation for school taxes; clarify   Chaney
   %    application to property in school districts affected   
        by Hurricane Katrina.                                  
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2906  Assistant teachers; increase minimum salary.              Walley
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2922  School bus seat belt requirements; SDE shall adopt        Hewes
        minimum standards safety equipment on buses.           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2941  Purchases for public school districts; DFA makes all      Fillingane
        purchases.                                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2960  State Board of Education school district                  Chaney
 *      conservatorship and accountability authority; clarify. 
           04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2976  Automatic transfer of students residing in annexed        Gollott
        territory of municipality; provide for.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2977  State Board of Education to assist school districts in    Fillingane
        ending desegregation busing orders; direct.            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2978  Commission to Determine a Level of "Living Wage" for      Turner
        Education Support Personnel in Mississippi; create.    
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2979  Automatic transfer of students residing in annexed        Hewes
        territory of municipality; provide for.                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB3180  Increase minimum local millage to support MAEP to 35      Robertson
  $%    mills.                                                 
           02/21 (S) Died In Committee
SN   2  Dr. Olen Wayne (Wayne) Gann, Corinth, Mississippi,        LT. GOVERNOR
        State Board of Education, nine-year term beginning on  
        July 1, 2006.                                          
           01/24 (S) Notified of Approval


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


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