HB 17 Home school students; authorize participation in public Guice
school sports.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 18 Student-teacher ratio; revise to 18:1 for kindergarten. Flaggs
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 42 Teachers, counselors and school officials; prohibit Fleming
from recommending psychiatric drugs for children.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 100 School voucher program; require State Department of Ketchings
Education to establish.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 101 Open enrollment; authorize students to attend any Ketchings
school within district.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 102 Critical teacher shortage programs; authorize teachers Ketchings
to serve in approved nonpublic schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 113 Public schools; require all instruction to be delivered Reeves
in English language.
03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 115 Home school students; authorize participation in public Reeves
school extracurricular activities.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 132 Scholastic year; prohibit schools from opening before Markham
August 15.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 136 Mississippi History; require comprehensive course for Clark
9th grade public school students.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 137 Family Literacy for Family Independence Act; create. Clark
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 138 Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish. Clark
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 184 Public schools; prohibit grouping students according to Fleming
ability.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 185 Personal finance and entrepreneurship course; require Fleming
for high school graduation.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 186 Physical education; require public high schools to Fleming
teach daily.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 188 Public schools; prohibit zero tolerance discipline Fleming
plans.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 207 School Districts; authorize military personnel to Davis *
enroll children wherever they own property in state.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 211 Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers incurring Fleming
$% expenses for tutorial services for dependents enrolled
in public school.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB 212 Ad valorem taxation; refund portion of school taxes to Fleming
employers that allow employees to take paid leave for
volunteer service in public schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 214 Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvements Fleming
$% to Level I and Level II public high schools.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB 237 Limited open enrollment policy; establish for students Cameron
in Level 1 and 2 school districts.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 240 Video camera; require in every public school classroom Clark
and bus.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 264 School boards; establish meeting attendance Eads
* requirements for members.
03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 265 School districts' bonded indebtedness; increase Eads
% limitation.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 266 School districts; provide for elected trustees and Eads
% appointed superintendents.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 268 School districts; provide for elected school boards and Eads
% appointed superintendents.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 270 Mississippi report card; include data on districts' Eads
spending for educational and noneducational purposes.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 284 Compulsory school law; include students who turn 17 Warren
* during school year.
04/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB 285 School guidance counselors; define comprehensive Warren
services to be provided in schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 286 Public schools; authorize display of Ten Commandments Warren
in classrooms and other areas.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 315 Insurance contracts for school districts; require Taylor
requests for proposals for certain amount.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 349 School voucher program; require State Department of Cameron
Education to establish.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 359 School psychologists; authorize annual supplement for Davis
Nationally Certified School Psychologists.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 363 Sixteenth section lands; authorize school boards to Warren
contract with private forester for managing timber.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 370 School boards; elect all. Chism
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 376 School districts; provide for elected trustees and Chism
% appointed superintendents.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 387 Elected school board members; elect all in November Ishee
rather than March.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 437 School attendance officers; require to work only when McCoy
teachers in their school districts must report for
duty.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 461 Research-based reading instruction; require Department Martinson
of Education to implement as pilot program.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 466 Municipal school districts; prohibit transfers from Scott (17th)
added territory to adjacent district if hardship is
created.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 482 Minimum education program; extend repealer (RP). Ford
* % 03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 490 Codes of student conduct; extend repealer on provisions Ford
* recognizing teachers' right to remove students (RP).
03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 492 School attendance officers; delete repealer/Best Ford
* Financial Practices Review Task Force; create.
04/25 Approved by Governor
HB 493 Applicants for school employment; delete repealer on Ford
* % fingerprinting and background checks requirements (RP).
03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 494 Extended school day/year programs and instructional Ford
* % home rule; delete repealer (RP).
04/25 Approved by Governor
HB 511 Municipal school districts with added territory; Warren
clarify board representation from added territory.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 518 Superintendent of schools; establish alternative Pierce
qualifications for office.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 532 Charter schools; create new process for establishing Warren
which is not limited to public schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 536 School attendance officers; require to work only when Moss
teachers in their school districts must report for
duty.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 552 Income tax; authorize deductions for completing certain Moak
$% education levels.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB 604 Public school enrollment; authorize at same grade level Robinson (63rd)
for students transferring from in-state private
schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 608 Home school and nonpublic school students; authorize Reeves
% use of public school materials and provide refund of
school ad valorem taxes.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 619 School bus turnarounds; authorize counties to gravel Fillingane
and maintain for private school buses.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 630 Scholastic year; decrease number of days required in Ward
public schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 639 Teachers; include classroom instruction in military in Warren
V computing years of teaching experience.
03/21 (H) Allow Governor's Veto to Stand
HB 640 Student vision screening program; authorize education Warren
and health departments to develop screening instrument.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 641 Vocational education; clarify that state appropriations Warren
V are payments (not reimbursements) to high schools.
03/21 (H) Allow Governor's Veto to Stand
HB 642 State Superintendent; authority to appoint designee to Warren
V serve on boards.
03/21 (H) Allow Governor's Veto to Stand
HB 643 School attendance officers; require fingerprinting and Warren
* % background checks for new hires.
04/11 Approved by Governor
HB 644 School guidance counselors; define comprehensive Warren
* services to be provided in schools (version 2).
04/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB 691 Alternative schools programs; require separate space Moss
for students in Grades 5 and lower.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 694 Public school districts; require competitive bidding Horne
% for contracts for certain items sold to students.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 787 Disabilities; Department of Education may pay to make Robinson (84th)
reasonable accommodations for teachers with
disabilities.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 790 PERS; school bus drivers shall be eligible to be Robinson (84th)
members of.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 838 Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to Denny
% increase without referendum approval.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 842 School bus parking areas on private land; authorize Eads
counties to maintain for school bus operators.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 847 CPR; require as part of health curriculum for high Barnett (92nd)
school graduation.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 888 Schools; require schools teaching evolution to indicate Wells-Smith
that it is only a theory.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 892 Gaming revenues; delete diversion to Gaming Counties Ryals
Bond Sinking Fund, divert portion to schools in
counties where gaming is not legal.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 895 Curriculum; create pilot project to teach anger Straughter
management class in K-12.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 929 School districts; provide for elected trustees and Huddleston
% appointed superintendents.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 941 Charter schools; create new process for establishing Warren
% which is not limited to public schools (revised).
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 961 County Superintendent of Education; prohibit electors Mitchell
in municipal school district from participation in
election.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 964 School district bond debt; include in lieu payments as Brown
part of general limitations.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 976 School superintendents; increase experience Lott
requirements.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 982 School districts; grant home rule with limitations. Brown
% 02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 983 Local school board election districts; authorize school Brown
boards to reapportion.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 987 Teacher licensure; require elementary school teachers Warren
to have U.S. History in college.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1001 School bonds; reduce vote required in districts with Eads
% elected boards and appointed superintendents.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1003 School boards; establish uniform method for electing Frierson
members in all school districts.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1030 School enrollment; clarify that district may require Weathersby
* parent, guardian or custodian to accompany child.
03/19 Approved by Governor
HB1031 Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund; transfer sum Brown
from to fund the Adequate Education Program.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1033 Retired teachers; may be reemployed as teachers and Eads
continue receiving retirement benefits.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1058 Public school grounds; expand authority of counties to Weathersby
maintain and improve.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1066 High school athletics; require physician at events West
having significant physical contact.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1069 Classroom supply funds; require school district audits Brown
to test for compliance with legal requirements.
03/19 Approved by Governor
HB1095 Added territory of municipal school districts; Reeves
residents may attend municipal or county school.
02/14 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1101 Schools; provide equal instruction time for teaching Wells-Smith
the theories about the origin of life, including
evolution and creation science.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1104 School attendance officer supervisors; decrease number Eads
of positions from three to two.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1120 School superintendents; prohibit payments supplemental Banks
to salary paid by school district.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1137 Education Enhancement Fund; allocate portion of Ketchings
classroom supply funds to approved nonpublic schools.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1141 Teachers; retirement contribution to PERS eliminated Jennings
after 30-35 years, and salary increased by contribution
amount.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1146 School boards; reconstitute all with 5 elected and 5 Warren
% appointed members.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1180 Reading; require 3rd graders to read at state average Grist
for promotion to 4th grade.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1185 Reading; require SDE to provide information to parents Eads
of newborns on benefits of.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1192 Homework; require teachers to incorporate daily and Scott (80th)
weekly assignments into their curriculum.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1225 Public school students; authorize community service as Hines
an alternative to detention or suspension.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1285 Schools; establish opening and closing dates of Moore (60th)
scholastic year.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1286 State Superintendent of Public Education; elect at Moore (60th)
% general state election.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1287 Elected school boards; elect members at general state Moore (60th)
and county elections.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1298 School board members; remove prohibition on those Mayo
receiving salaries from being member of PERS.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1302 School psychologists; persons under contract with Moody
school districts may use certain titles.
03/22 Approved by Governor
HB1320 Alternative school program; authorize placement of Warren
student with multiple expulsions upon reenrollment.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1337 School boards' investment of surplus funds; same as Brown
* V investment of 16th section principal funds.
03/30 (S) Veto Overridden
HB1343 Task Force to Conduct a Best Financial Management Formby
Practices Review of the State Department of Education;
create.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1344 PreK-20 Education Coordinating Entity; create. Eads
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1345 Mississippi Education Progress Board; create to assess Eads
annually educational progress.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1346 Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish. Grist *
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1355 Assistant teachers; delete prohibition against Brown
dismissing to use funds for hiring licensed teachers.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1356 State Aid Construction Program and Public School Brown
% Building Fund; abolish.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1357 Legislative Study Committee on Selection of School Brown
Board Members; create.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1358 School board training; clarify Mississippi School Brown
Boards Association's authority over training.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1366 School test; require copies to be available for Smith (35th)
parental inspection.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1367 School districts; authorize contracts with private Brown
% entities for instructional services to students.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1369 Health instruction; require public schools to include Scott (80th)
in physical education courses.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1376 First grade; authorize enrollment of children under age Straughter
6 who pass assessment.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1422 Sex education; require in public schools by Third Clarke
Grade.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1424 School nurse; require in each public school and fund Clarke
with tobacco funds.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1425 School nurse; require in each public school. Clarke
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1439 Schools; increase percentage of nonlicensed teachers Blackmon
in.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1453 Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Scott (80th)
% Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1457 School resource officers; establish pilot program under Scott (80th)
Department of Human Services.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1458 Appropriations; Department of Human Services for school Scott (80th)
resource officers.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1462 Social workers; provide in schools having high Scott (80th)
incidences of crime and violence.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1467 Appropriation; State Department of Education for Scott (80th)
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot
program.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1468 Counselors; provide in elementary schools. Scott (80th)
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1472 Appropriation; Recreational Facilities Activity Program Scott (80th)
Fund administered by Department of Education.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1473 Recreational Facilities Activity Fund; create and use Scott (80th)
for recreational facilities on school property.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1474 Schools; require all students to wear uniforms in Scott (80th)
% districts selected for participation in a pilot
program.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1475 Appropriation; State Department of Education for Scott (80th)
Support Our Students (S.O.S.) program.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1477 Appropriations; State Department of Education for Scott (80th)
school counselors.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1478 Teacher education programs; require instruction in the Martinson
teaching of phonics.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1512 Internet filtering; require on computers in public Moore (60th)
schools and libraries.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1523 Automatic expulsion; include sexual misconduct and Ishee
indecent exposure in definition of "disruptive
behavior".
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1531 Compulsory School Attendance Law; include students in Lott
* kindergarten and revise deadline for certificates of
enrollment.
03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1601 Adequate Education Program Funds; withhold from Formby
districts failing to display flags and to recite pledge
of allegiance.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1602 Adequate Education Program Funds; withhold from Formby
districts failing to display flags and to recite pledge
of allegiance.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1605 Physical activity coordinator; require SDE to employ Lott
* and conduct study on physical activity.
04/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB1628 Teachers; establish alternative for licensure for Grist
applicants failing national exam.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1699 Tax increment financing (TIF) bonds; authorize certain Brown
$% school districts to issue.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1700 School districts; authorize issuance of promissory Brown
$% notes to cover state funding deficits.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1718 Reappropriation; State Department of Education for Warren
Minimum Education Program.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1727 Appropriation; Education Department for support of Ishee
Enrich Program of Lutheran Social Ministries.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1728 Appropriation; Education Department for expenses of Lott
Physical Activity Coordinator.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1736 Income tax; provide a credit for contributions to Smith (35th)
$% nonprofit educational assistance organizations.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1741 Income tax; provide tax credit for contributions to Warren
$% schools for use in purchasing classroom supplies and
instructional materials.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1801 Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Warren
* Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational
Education.
04/11 Law W/out Governor's Signature
HB1803 Appropriation; Department of Education for the Adequate Warren
* Education Program for FY2003.
04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
HB1805 Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Warren
* Television.
04/11 Law W/out Governor's Signature
HB1815 Appropriation; Department of Education for Minimum Warren
Program, additional for FY2002.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HB1829 Income tax; provide tax credit for contributions to Smith (35th)
$% schools for use in purchasing classroom supplies and
instructional materials.
02/27 (H) Died In Committee
HC 44 Amend Constitution; require period of quiet reflection, Pierce
voluntary prayer or meditation at beginning of each
public school day.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC 59 Amend Constitution; merge educational boards into Peranich
single governing board for kindergarten-graduate
education.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC 70 Amend Constitution; elect State Superintendent of Moore (60th)
Public Education.
02/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2005 Election of municipal separate school district trustees Gordon
presently elected; to be held at the general election.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2022 School boards; may use available funds to pay for field Furniss
% trips.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2032 Teachers; create duty to inform students of Nunnelee
unlawfulness of certain conduct.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2035 Mississippi Report Card; prescribe categories for Nunnelee
* schools.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2038 Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in Nunnelee
public schools.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2044 CPR classes; require in health curriculum Grades 9 Burton *
through 12.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2045 Reading sufficiency; require for Fourth Grade students. Burton
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2050 School social workers; allot adequate program funds Simmons
for.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2051 School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to Simmons
read a minimum of 4 books per school year.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2084 Automatic transfer of certain students attending Horhn
nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are
satisfactory.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2095 Textbook orders for visually and hearing impaired Hyde-Smith
* students; SDE shall place prior to beginning of fiscal
year.
04/09 Approved by Governor
SB2101 Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact. Nunnelee
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2125 School bond limitation based on assessed valuation; Tollison
$% revise.
03/19 (H) Died In Committee
SB2147 Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school Nunnelee
% tuition organizations or public schools.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2153 School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain Nunnelee
% restrictions.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2160 School term; revise first day and last day for all Nunnelee
schools.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2164 "Declaration of Independence"; require school students Nunnelee
to recite.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2168 Teachers; include classroom instruction in military in Harden
computing years of teaching experience.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2170 Five-year-olds enrolled in full day public school Harden
* kindergarten; require attendance.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2171 School services for special population students; Harden
require course of study in teacher preparation
curriculum and in-service staff training.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2194 Mississippi Code; provide set to office of school Dearing
superintendent and school board attorney.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2208 Task Force to Conduct a Best Financial Management Carmichael
Practices Review of the State Department of Education;
create.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2209 Codes of student conduct; extend repealer on provisions Harden
* recognizing teachers' right to remove students.
03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2215 Retired teachers; may draw benefits and be reemployed Harden
as teachers.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2216 School districts; authorize pre-kindergarten pilot Harden
% program in public schools.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2219 Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies; Harden
clarify distribution of approved plan for use of.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2223 School employees criminal history record check Harden
* requirement; delete repealer.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2224 Permanent Advisory Committee for the Student Vision Harden
Screening Program; delete requirement for.
03/13 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2225 Enrollment in Kindergarten or Grade 1; prescribe Harden
* evidence of date of birth required for.
04/10 Approved by Governor
SB2226 Part-time licensed teachers or retired teachers; Harden
provide state funds for employment of.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2228 Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be Harden
reemployed as teachers.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2233 Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and Harden
while student teaching; authorize.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2234 Noncertificated school personnel; enhance employment Harden
benefits.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2249 Physical education classes K-9; express legislative Harden
* intent.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2250 Student loans; provide graduate degree teacher Harden
incentive loans available to applicants agreeing to
teach in public schools or univ.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2257 Prohibition against deductions from salary of school Harden
employees; repeal.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2260 School bonds; majority vote required on school bond Harden
% issues.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2280 Superintendent of the Mississippi Schools for the Blind Harden
and Deaf; salary to be determined by State Board of
Education.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2283 State Superintendent of Education; authorize designee Harden
to serve on certain boards and councils.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2284 Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement in Harden
* State Department of Education; extend repealer.
04/04 (S) Died In Conference
SB2286 Vocational education; clarify that state appropriations Harden
are payments (not reimbursements) to high schools.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2288 Limited English Proficient (LEP) students; provide Harden
standards and teacher certification for program of
bilingual education for.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2306 School administrators spending education enhancement Harden
funds for classroom instructional supplies; criminal
penalties for misuse.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2316 School districts; elect members of all school boards in Harden
2004.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2317 Extended school day/school year/instructional home rule Harden
authority; delete repealer on.
03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2318 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Harden
after 1/1/2004.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2319 School board elections; elect members in all school Nunnelee
districts.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2320 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Nunnelee
after 1/1/2004.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2321 Display of United States flag and daily Pledge of Little
* Allegiance; require in all public school classrooms.
03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2368 Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30 Chamberlin
years of teaching experience.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2370 Nontraditional teacher preparation and licensure; Harden
* % provide for and qualify for scholarship incentive
programs.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2373 State income tax credit for out-of-pocket classroom Harden
$% supply expenditures made by public school teachers;
provide for.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB2400 Retirement system; allow credit for certain service as Furniss
student high school bus driver.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2402 School bus parking pads; allow counties to grade and Tollison
gravel.
02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2423 School attendance officers' authority and Cuevas
% responsibilities; transfer to local constables.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2441 School guidance counselors; define authorized program Harden
* activities.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2443 Education of exceptional children; revise parent due Harden
* process and investigation procedures.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2447 Charter schools; create new process for establishing Nunnelee
% which is not limited to public schools.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2448 Teachers with 25 or more years of teaching experience; Cuevas
% provide salary increases, state income tax benefits,
health ins. benefits for.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2464 School districts; reinstate sovereign immunity. Cuevas
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2480 Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact. Hewes
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2498 Pupil-teacher ratio in public schools; reduce on Harden
phased-in basis.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2508 Full implementation of Mississippi Adequate Education Chaney
% Program funding formula; extend date of.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2559 "Disruptive behavior" by students which authorizes Tollison
disciplinary action by school officials; add certain
actions by students.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2571 School guidance counselors; define authorized program Johnson (19th)
activities.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2587 Teachers; authorize Three-for-Three Teacher Relocation Simmons
Program.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2597 School districts; grant home rule with limitations. Tollison
% 02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2647 Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Simmons
% Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2680 School boards; members who receive salaries as Furniss
compensation are eligible for retirement.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2695 School boards investment of surplus funds; same as Tollison
investment of 16th section principal funds.
03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2698 School board elections; elect members in all school Johnson (38th)
districts.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2699 School boards; elect members in all school districts; Simmons
appoint all school superintendents.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2714 School superintendents; appoint all superintendents Johnson (38th)
after 1/1/2004.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2728 Retired PERS members; may be employed as public school King
bus drivers and receive retirement allowance.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2749 Quality Education and Teacher and Principal Protection Hewes
Act; create.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2752 Retirement system; authorize creditable service for Jackson
certain part-time employment as a school bus driver.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2771 Frivolous legal action against school personnel; King
provide immunity and assessment of attorney's fees and
costs for.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2804 School district authority to contract for training Harden
* % activities; clarify.
03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2805 Contract with private entities to provide instructional Tollison
% services to pupils; authorize school districts to.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2808 State Department of Education Administration Budget; Cuevas
require phased-in reduction to average of the
contiguous states.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2809 School nurses; to be funded from tobacco litigation Cuevas
expendable fund.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2810 State health insurance plan; school district food Cuevas
service employees' benefits paid from state funds.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2845 Counties; maintain private roads used as Head Start Jackson
turnarounds.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2849 Authority of local school districts to contract with Robertson
local group health insurance plans instead of state
plan; extend window.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2864 Local school board election districts; authorize boards Harden
* to reapportion districts.
04/11 Approved by Governor
SB2869 Annual leave for teachers; allow accumulation of Harden
personal leave and retention of leave when transferring
to another school district.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2878 "Education Independence and Accountability Act of Harden
% 2002"; enact and repeal supervision of State Dept of Ed
over school districts.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2881 Reductions in Minimum Education or EEF allotments; Harden
$% school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority
applies to.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB2883 Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.); Jackson
authorize under Division of Youth Services.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2887 MS School Boards Assn shall conduct training for school Harden
boards members; clarify authority.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2900 Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by Jackson
students.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2905 Study selection and governance structures of local Harden
school boards; create task force.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2932 School district bond debt; include in lieu payments as Harden
part of general limitations.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2962 Use state funds to employ licensed teachers instead of Tollison
teacher assistants; delete prohibition.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2967 Authority for Educational Television; revise membership Bryan
of.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2969 Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP); Bryan
* % prescribe state cost for FY2003.
04/10 Law W/out Governor's Signature
SB2988 Criminal record background check for school employees; Harden
% include school volunteers.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2993 School psychologists practicing in educational Thames
settings; clarify use of titles.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3013 Alternative school programs; increase allotment of Jackson
funds for.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3021 Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property. Jackson
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3046 Cheerleaders in middle school and high school; shall Smith
* receive 1/2 credit toward graduation.
02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB3049 Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Act of 2002; enact. Smith
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3068 School bonds; require 55% vote to pass. Horhn
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3069 State Aid Construction Program and Public School Harden
% Building Fund; abolish.
02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3083 School bond limitation based on assessed valuation; Tollison
$% revise.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB3090 Approp. FY2003; SDE for additional teacher assistants Smith
in school districts with 60% participation in free
lunch program.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB3099 Reappropriation; State Dept. of Education for textbooks Little
& classroom supplies; FY2003.
03/19 (H) Died In Committee
SB3106 Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Bonds; authorize certain Harden
$% school districts to issue.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB3122 Tobacco products; increase excise tax on, and earmark Dawkins
$% revenues from increase for certain purposes.
02/27 (S) Died In Committee
SB3198 Appropriation; Department of Education for Minimum Little
* Program, additional for FY2002.
04/09 Approved by Governor
SC 536 School districts; resolution encouraging training staff Johnson (19th)
member in CPR and Heimlich.
04/12 (H) Died In Committee
SC 600 Suspend rules; draft a bill to convey certain property Ross
to the Rankin County School District.
04/12 (H) Died In Committee
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