HB 121 Surplus school property; authorize districts to sell at Miles
* auction without first receiving competitive bids.
03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 129 Home Economics; delete repealer on statutes requiring Scott (17th)
high schools to teach.
03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 355 Youth Challenge Program; authorize National Guard to Weathersby
award adult high school diploma to certain graduates.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 471 Teachers, assistant teachers and certain other school McCoy
* employees; increase salaries.
04/05 Approved by Governor
HB 539 Dyslexia testing pilot programs; extend repealer. Ford
* 03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 602 Mississippi Student Summer Employment Program; create Flaggs
*$% and provide income tax credit to employers who hire
students under.
03/16 (S) Died In Committee
HB 616 Quitman County, school district; extend repealer on Ford
* authority to transfer Old Falcon School property to
board of supervisors.
04/21 Approved by Governor
HB 694 Beginning teacher support program; authorize school Frierson
* districts to compensate mentor teachers participating
in.
03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 695 Nationally certified teachers; authorize local school Frierson
* districts and private entities to pay certification
costs and be reimbursed.
03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB 706 Mississippi School of Fine Arts; create. Barnett (92nd)
* 04/23 Approved by Governor
HB 726 State and school employees insurance; combine the two Stevens
* plans into one plan.
04/15 Approved by Governor
HB 750 Nonlicensed school employees; authorize superintendent Manning
to assign without school board approval.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 751 Beginning Principal Support Pilot Program; establish Manning
* under School Executive Management Institute.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 820 Money management skills; include in certain secondary King
* level courses.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 973 Family support centers and parent education programs; Scott (17th)
* V authorize pilot program under Department of Education.
04/21 Vetoed
HB1143 Sixteenth section lands; revise requirements concerning Livingston
* accounting of educable children and division of funds.
04/15 Approved by Governor
HB1191 School attendance officers; clarify treatment of Grist
* accumulated leave upon transfer to SDE.
04/16 Approved by Governor
HB1218 Sixteenth section land; allow board of education to Simpson
* grant right-of-way.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1253 National educational certification programs; require Manning
* State Department of Education to study.
03/29 (H) Died In Conference
HB1411 Lieu lands; authorize certain counties to make Huddleston
% restitution to school districts for sales proceeds
from.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1430 School crossing guards; authorize certain counties to Bozeman
increase compensation.
03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1448 Proprietary School and College Registration Law; Franks
* % restore fee based on school's annual tuition income.
03/25 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2003 Juvenile Alternative Program; State Department of Blackmon
Education to establish as pilot program.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2014 Pre-vocational trade program for exceptional children Blackmon
Grades 6-9; establish and provide minimum program funds
for.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2015 Teacher licensure; require state-administered Blackmon
examination of achievement to predict success of
teacher in classroom.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2020 CPR classes; require in health curriculum Grades 9-12. Burton *
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2028 Public school classroom; brief period of quiet Frazier
reflection authorized.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2029 Schools; require all students to wear uniforms. Harvey
% 02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2040 Safe school discipline plans; provide components to be Hall
met by local school districts.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2046 Home school students; authorized to participate in Hall
public school interscholastic activities.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2067 School boards; elect members in all school districts; Simmons
appoint all school superintendents.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2068 School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to Simmons
read a minimum of 4 books per school year.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2078 School districts with added territory; provide for Carter
% automatic student transfers.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2081 School term; revise first day and last day for all Nunnelee
schools.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2086 Teachers; create duty to inform students of Nunnelee
unlawfulness of certain conduct.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2088 School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain Nunnelee
% restrictions on.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2089 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Nunnelee
after 1/1/2000.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2092 Child care; exempt from licensure schools that are Nunnelee
members of the Association of Christian Schools.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2099 Students required to be assigned to alternative Bean
schools; revise categories of.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2118 Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in Nunnelee
public schools.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2121 School curriculum; authorize program for character Jordan (24th)
* education.
03/31 Approved by Governor
SB2122 School board elections; elect members in all school Nunnelee
districts.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2129 Mississippi Construction Education Program; establish. Burton
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2155 Sixteenth section school land rent escalation clauses; Ferris
authorize for certain capital improvements.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2156 Assistance program for schools failing to meet Ferris
* % accreditation; provide accountability and incentive
grants.
03/19 Approved by Governor
SB2157 Beginning Teacher Support Program; authorize school Ferris
districts to compensate mentor teachers participating
in.
02/11 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2158 Master teacher certification; authorize payment of Ferris
* fringe benefits and reimbursement of process cost paid
by local district.
03/29 (S) Died In Conference
SB2166 School employees insurance plan; include life insurance Little
benefits under.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2167 Teacher, public school; authorize criminal history Little
background checks for applicants.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2183 Salary of State Superintendent of Education; to be set Ferris
by the State Board of Education.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2184 School Crisis Management Team Program; establish under Ferris
the Mississippi School Boards Association.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2185 Assistant teachers; authorize persons holding GED to Ferris
serve as.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2186 Salaries of teachers and assistant teachers; increase. Ferris
* 03/10 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2187 Minimum education program; allot funds for employing Ferris
school guidance counselors.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2188 Purchase of state-adopted textbooks by school Ferris
% districts; exempt from public bid requirements.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2189 School Safety Center and Grant Program; establish in Ferris
State Department of Education.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2190 Beginning Principal Support Pilot Program; establish Ferris
under School Executive Management Institute.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2191 Assistant teacher funds; authorize any school district Ferris
to use funds to employ additional certified teachers in
Grades K-3.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2193 Teacher licensure; establish probationary license for Ferris
critical teacher shortage areas.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2194 School attendance officers; authorized to transfer Ferris
unused leave and revise salary scale.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2213 School accreditation; school districts at Level 4 or 5 Nunnelee
exempt from mandatory requirements.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2227 School curriculum; create Mississippi Public School Dearing
Laboratory Chemical Management Act.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2245 Teacher certification; establish Commission on Dearing
Professional Educators' Standards and Practices.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2247 Co-Lin Community College Bd of Trustees; provide Dearing
additional appointments from Adams County.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2248 Speech and audiology professional licensure; exempt Dearing
services to school districts from certain regulations.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2254 School boards to use public bid procedures in selecting Dearing
% insurance or fund-raising vendors; require.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2259 School attendance officers; authorized to transfer Burton
unused leave and revise salary scale.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2266 DECD to develop public school campaign for television; Ferris
use lapsed funds for.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2273 School superintendent; grant standing to seek writ of Ferris
mandamus.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2274 Salary supplement for school counselors who obtain the Ferris
NBCC National Certified School Counselor designation;
authorize.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2275 Proprietary School and College Registration law; Ferris
% restore fee based on school's annual tuition income.
03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2276 Gaming; authorize community colleges to offer limited Ferris
% courses relating to.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2277 Long-term substitute teachers; provide funding under Ferris
the Minimum Program.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2298 Noninstructional school employees; authorize board Thames
designee to make employment recommendations for.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2331 School attendance officer administrator/juvenile Tollison
intervention program coordinator; authorize employment
of.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2370 Prescription drugs brought on public school property; Tollison
% require school nurse to properly store.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2375 Reading sufficiency; require for Fourth Grade students. Burton
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2377 Short-term notes issued by school districts; increase Ferris
% authorized term of.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2400 Teachers; authorize Three-for-Three Teacher Relocation Simmons
Program.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2401 Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Simmons
% Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2404 Students required to be assigned to alternative Bean
* % schools; clarify school disciplinary authority.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2415 Public school districts; authorize petitions for Hawks
locally managed "School of Excellence" status.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2429 Student Readiness for College Incentive Grant Program; Hawks
direct State Board of Education to implement.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2431 Student school choice; authorized. Hawks
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2448 Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease Furniss
provisions.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2458 School enrollment; clarify requirement that parent or Carlton
guardian accompany child.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2489 Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.); Jackson
authorize under Division of Youth Services.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2497 High school graduation standards; require student Hall
community service.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2506 Education of exceptional children in compliance with Thames
* federal law; require, establish complaint procedures,
etc.
04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2508 Salary supplement for school counselors who obtain Farris
* national certification; authorize.
04/23 Approved by Governor
SB2512 Seat belts on school buses; SDE issue regulations based Furniss
on federal standards.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2577 School bonds; majority vote required on school bond Harden
% issues.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2606 Compulsory school attendance; FFA or 4-H livestock Hamilton
shows are excused absences.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2609 Pre-kindergarten "Parents as Teachers Pilot Program"; Carter
* State Board of Education shall establish.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB2611 School crossing guards; authorize certain counties to Hall
increase compensation.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2618 Task Force on the Development and Implementation of Ferris
* Comprehensive Early Childhood Services in Mississippi;
create.
04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2650 Noncertificated school personnel; enhance employment Harden
benefits.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2654 Teacher certification; require instruction in all Smith
reading methods for K-4.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2656 Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Act of 1999; enact. Smith
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2666 Superintendent of schools; office maintained by school Hall
board rather than county in certain districts.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2670 GED; provide ETV program for pregnant teens. Smith
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2671 Minimum education program; one teacher unit for every Smith
20 pupils in Grades 1-4.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2673 Compulsory school attendance violations; local law Smith
enforcement officers have jurisdiction.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2674 Appropriation; SDE for additional teacher units in Smith
Grades 1-4.
02/24 (S) Died In Committee
SB2678 Prohibition against deductions from salary of school Harden
employees; repeal.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2684 Adequate education program allotments; authorize more Harden
% expenditures for instructional purposes.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2688 William Winter Teacher/Administrator Scholar Loan Harden
Program; available to students preparing to be school
administrators.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2690 School board elections; elect members in all school Harden
districts.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2691 School district employee teacher-scholar incentive Harden
grant program; create.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2692 Mentor teacher program; extend to school administrators Harden
and authorize retired teachers/administrators to
participate.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2693 Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies; Harden
clarify distribution of approved plan for use of.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2695 School districts; authorize pre-kindergarten services Harden
% pilot program in public schools.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2696 Minimum program funds; addl allotment for reading Smith
instructors in school districts with high percentage of
at-risk pupils.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2704 School boards; may use district funds to pay for field Furniss
% trips.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2718 Mississippi High School for Visual and Performing Arts; Farris
establish.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2722 Minimum education program; allot funds for employing Smith
high school arts education instructors.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2763 Salary supplement for school speech, Hewes
pathologists/audiologists who obtain the Certificate of
Clinical Competence; authorize.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2765 School district accreditation; create task force to Harden
% revise accreditation system.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2766 Pupil-teacher ratio in public schools; reduce. Harden
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2775 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Harden
after 1/1/2000.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2777 Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher Harden
incentive loans available to applicants agreeing to
teach in public school or univ.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2778 Minimum education program; allot funds for employing Farris
school guidance counselors.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2780 Public education; require Legislature to appropriate a Harden
minimum percentage of General Fund to.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2781 School boards; authorize home rule with limitations. Ferris
% 02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2785 Alternative school programs; authorize 4-mill levy for Ferris
$% support of.
02/24 (S) Died In Committee
SB2786 Public school classroom; brief period of quiet Rayborn
reflection authorized.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2818 Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be Harden
reemployed as teachers.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2824 Mississippi Center for Adult Literacy; establish to White (29th)
promote literacy programs.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2836 Excellent Schools Program; provide incentive grants for Johnson (19th)
% improving schools/provide oversight by SDE for
low-performing schools.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2849 Teachers; school boards may dismiss or refuse Farris
employment to persons convicted of a felony.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2871 Limited open enrollment policy; establish for students Johnson (19th)
in Level 1 and 2 school districts.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2880 School districts; authorize to purchase Hewes
% revenue-interruption insurance.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2892 Education and Training Marketing Board; create. Hall
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2893 Rescue Center child residential treatment program; Ferris
* establish.
04/22 Approved by Governor
SB2913 Payment for unused leave upon retirement; teaachers Walls
shall be paid at regular salary rate.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2914 Long-term substitute teachers; provide funding under Walls
* the Minimum Program.
04/21 Approved by Governor
SB2918 State Department of Education; develop program with Bryan
juvenile justice system to decrease juvenile offenders.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2951 Mississippi School of Fine Arts; create. Rayborn
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2954 School attendance officers; place under district Furniss
attorneys and increase salary scale.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2957 Alternative schools; require Department of Education to Bryan
develop various programs and reports.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB2960 Salary supplement for speech pathologists who obtain Farris
* national certification; authorize.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB3021 Advanced Technology Training Centers; authorize under Horhn
community/junior college system.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB3025 Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop Farris
* for public schools.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB3039 School attendance officers; authorized to transfer Walls
unused leave and revise salary scale.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB3042 Salaries of teachers; increase. Hawks
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB3043 Budget and business operation authority of school Ferris
* % districts; revise.
03/02 (H) Died In Committee
SB3046 Local supplemental pay for teachers; require school Walls
districts to pay no less than the state average.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SB3048 Dues check-off upon written authorization of state Walls
employees and certified school employees; permit.
02/02 (S) Died In Committee
SC 502 School districts; resolution encouraging training staff Johnson (19th)
member in CPR and Heimlich.
04/01 (S) Died In Committee
SN 29 Juanita H. Gray, Greenville, Mississippi, as a member GOVERNOR
of the Mississippi Authority for Educational
Television, for the four year term of office commencing
July 1, 1999
03/31 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN 35 Norman F. Collins, Biloxi, Mississippi, as a member of GOVERNOR
the State Council for Educational Technology, for the
four year term of office ending July 1, 2002
03/31 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN 36 Dr. Larry S. Anderson, Mississippi State, Mississippi, GOVERNOR
as a member of the State Council for Educational
Technology, for the four year term of office ending
July 1, 2002
03/31 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN 45 E. Jackson Garner, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BD
the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and
History, to complete the unexpired term of office
ending January 1, 2000
03/31 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN 71 Dr. Richard L. Thompson, Jackson, Mississippi, as the BOARD OF EDUCATION
State Superintendent of Education, for a term of office
commencing July 1, 1998, and serving at the Mississippi
Board of Education's will and pleasure
03/31 (S) Appointment Confirmed
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