Mississippi Legislature

1999 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee

As of 04/28/99 at 14:03

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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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