Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Subject: EDUCATION

As of 06/01/04 at 15:56

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HB 215  Income tax; provide a credit for nonpublic school         Fleming
  $%    tuition payments and home school material costs.       
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 228  Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers incurring      Fleming
  $%    expenses for tutorial services for dependents enrolled 
        in public schools.                                     
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 229  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements to Level 1 and        Fleming
  $%    Level 2 public high schools.                           
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 238  School districts; provide for elected boards in all, at   Holland
        same time as county and municipal elections.           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 239  Physical education; require public high schools to        Fleming
        teach daily.                                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 240  Scholastic year; prohibit schools from opening before     Markham
        August 15.                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 241  Public schools; prohibit zero tolerance discipline        Fleming
        plans.                                                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 243  Personal finance and entrepreneurship course; require     Fleming
        for high school graduation.                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 244  Teachers, counselors and school officials; prohibit       Fleming
        from recommending psychiatric drugs for children.      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 245  School enrollment; students may attend a school in a      Fleming
        different district if their parents are purchasing a   
        residence there.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 246  Public schools; prohibit grouping students according to   Fleming
        ability.                                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 247  High school; require students to complete state           Fleming
        certified driver education training in order to        
        graduate.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 248  School Testing Right to Know Act; create.                 Fleming
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 249  Automatic expulsion; include sexual misconduct and        Ishee
        indecent exposure in definition of "disruptive         
        behavior."                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 250  Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Act; create.   Fleming
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 251  Public schools; create a task force to study core         Fleming
        curriculum.                                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 255  Appropriation; Department of Education for reinstating    Fleming
        physical education programs.                           
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 257  Appropriation; Education Department for support of        Ishee
        Enrich Program of Lutheran Social Ministries.          
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 269  Mississippi Code; provide set to office of                Moak
        superintendent of each public school district.         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 317  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Denny
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 363  Retirement; school bus drivers shall be eligible to be    Robinson (84th)
        members of PERS.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 412  Charter schools; extend repealer on establishment and     Watson
        operation of (RP).                                     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 413  Code of student conduct; extend repealer on provision     Watson
        recognizing teacher as classroom authority (RP).       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 416  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Watson
   %    reenact and extend repealer on (RP).                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 417  Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program;    Watson
        extend repealer on establishment of (RP).              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 440  Adequate Education Program; extend repealer on            Watson
        high-growth school district formula (RP).              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 448  School districts' bonded indebtedness; increase           Akins
   %    limitation.                                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 455  High school athletics; require physician at events        West
        having significant physical contact.                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 459  School bus drivers; state will pay health insurance       Guice
   %    cost for PERS retirees employed as.                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 476  Vocational and technical schools; require school boards   Ward
        to cooperate with State Board of Education in the      
        establishment of.                                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 480  School counselors and speech-language pathologists;       Stevens
        continue receiving salary supplement without NBPTS     
        certification.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 481  Video camera surveillance; require in every public        Clark
        school classroom and bus.                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 482  Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision        Clark
        allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 483  Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.           Clark
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 488  Mississippi History; require comprehensive course for     Clark
        ninth grade public students.                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 515  School districts; provide for elected municipal           Chism
   %    trustees and appointed county superintendents.         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 516  Municipal school districts; provide for elected boards    Chism
        in all at same time of municipal and county elections. 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 521  School bus drivers; state will pay health insurance       Gadd
 * %    cost for PERS retirees employed as.                    
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 543  Charter Schools; create new process for establishing      Brown
   %    which is not limited to public schools.                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 596  Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision        Holland
        allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 597  Board of Education; require all third grade students      Holland
        who fail to meet certain proficiency levels to attend  
        summer school.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 612  Prohibition against making deductions from salary of      Brown
        school employees; repeal.                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 634  Mississippi After-School Initiative Task Force; create.   Fleming
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 635  Teachers; revise contract day requirements for salary     Pierce
        experience increments.                                 
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB 636  School counselors and speech pathologists; continue       Pierce
 *      receiving salary supplement without NBPTS              
        certification.                                         
           05/03 (H) Died In Conference
HB 637  Licensed school counselors; require new applicants to     Pierce
        complete NBPT certification process to receive salary  
        supplement.                                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 649  Pupil-teacher ratio; set maximum class sizes in           Evans
        kindergarten through Grade 3.                          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 655  Study committee on retired teacher reemployment option;   Pierce
        create.                                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 656  Assistant teachers; clarify that minimum number of sick   Pierce
 *      leave days will be same as licensed teachers.          
           04/29 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 657  School districts; authorize to provide training and       Pierce
 * %    incentive pay to comply with No Child Left Behind Act. 
           05/14 Approved by Governor
HB 661  Teacher license; revise procedure for reinstatement of.   Pierce
 *         04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB 663  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Pierce
 * %    extend repealer on.                                    
           05/13 Approved by Governor
HB 664  Charter Schools; delete repealer on authorization of.     Pierce
 *         05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 665  Code of student conduct; delete repealer on provision     Pierce
        recognizing teacher as classroom authority.            
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 666  Administrative superintendent; delete term from public    Pierce
        school statutes.                                       
           04/07 (S) Died In Committee
HB 667  School districts; clarify authority for joint purchases   Pierce
 *      by.                                                    
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB 689  State Board of Education; require to produce voter        Clark
        education video for certain students.                  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 706  Income tax; provide tax credit for contributions to       Whittington
  $%    schools for use in providing physical fitness or other 
        health programs.                                       
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 729  Vaccinations; allow exemption from for school             Fillingane
        attendance with certificate from physician.            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 730  Teachers; increase maximum number of years of teaching    Fillingane
        experience used in calculating annual salary increment.
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 735  School counselors and speech-language pathologists;       Fillingane
        continue receiving salary supplement without NBPTS     
        certification.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 737  Certified athletic trainers; allow to receive salary      Fillingane
        supplement if have completed NATA certification        
        process.                                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 741  Adequate Education Program; delete repealer on            Jennings
 *      high-growth school district formula.                   
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB 751  School boards; require to establish certain policies      West
   %    regarding discipline of students who fight at school.  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 755  School nurses; allow those who complete NBCSN             Frierson
        certification to receive a salary supplement.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 773  Poplarville School District; provide for elected school   Frierson
        board.                                                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 775  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; clarify           Chism
   %    application of limitation cap to local contributions   
        made to program.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 836  State and School Life Insurance Plan; allow school        Hamilton (109th)
        districts/libraries to choose policy in lieu of        
        participating.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 842  Public school system; create a task force to study        West
        inadequacies of.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 891  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Brown
   %       03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 892  Local school boards; authorize to make available          Brown
        surplus textbooks to home school students.             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 905  School guidance counselors; provide written               Carlton
        notification to certain students of curriculum         
        requirements for tuition assistance.                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 932  State Department of Education; study and implement        West
        program of instruction of felony laws to certain       
        students.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 933  Retirement; certain retired teachers may draw             West
        retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 967  Students; require those in Grades 7 through 12 to         Broomfield
        maintain certain grades to participate in athletics.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 968  School superintendents; require to make salaries          Broomfield
        available for a twelve-month period at request of      
        certain employees.                                     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 998  Honorary high school diplomas; authorize school boards    Montgomery
        to award to Vietnam War veterans.                      
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1018  Elected superintendents; prohibit certain actions by      Buck
        those not reelected.                                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1027  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; bring forward     Frierson
   %    all sections relating to for purposes of amendment.    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1073  School boards; establish uniform method for electing      Frierson
        all in all school districts.                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1074  Superintendents; provide for appointment in all           Buck
        districts.                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1090  Education Enhancement Fund; bring forward sections        Frierson
   %    relating to for purposes of amendment.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1103  Education Employment Procedures Law of 2001; revise       Rogers (61st)
        definition of employee.                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1112  First grade; allow children who reach their sixth         Evans
        birthday before September 30 to enroll in.             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1125  County boards of education; require county referendum     Markham
        on term of office for members of.                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1147  Principals; extend deadline for making employment         Staples
   %    recommendations to superintendents.                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1158  First grade; authorize enrollment of children under Age   Straughter
        6 who successfully complete achievement test.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1165  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore
        scholastic year.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1170  Elected school boards; elect all members at time of       Moore
        general state and county elections.                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1172  State Superintendent of Public Education; elect at        Moore
   %    general state election.                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1177  State Board of Education; authorize to compensate         Brown
        certain school bus drivers for expenses in getting     
        commercial license.                                    
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1178  Council of Education Technology; revise membership of.    Brown
 *         05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1182  State Board of Education; authorize to implement          Brown
        voluntary full-day prekindergarten program.            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1188  Substitute teachers; authorize certain private firms to   Jennings
 * %    perform background checks on.                          
           04/15 (S) Died In Committee
HB1203  IHL'S; may charge local school districts for costs of     Reeves
   %    providing remedial training or services to their       
        students.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1210  Adequate Education Program funds; withhold from           Formby
        districts failing to display flags and to recite pledge
        of allegiance.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1224  Public school students; authorize community service as    Hines
        an alternative to detention or suspension.             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1251  State Auditor; authorize to establish policies and        Brown
 *      procedures for accounting of student average daily     
        attendance.                                            
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB1273  Ad valorem taxes; revise notice when a school district    Bounds
        proposes ad valorem tax effort.                        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1275  School security personnel; require to receive a certain   Staples
        number of hours of continuing education each year.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1285  State/school employees health insurance; authorize        Formby
        levels of coverage.                                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1288  Education; require disclaimer in textbooks regarding      Wells-Smith
        the teaching of certain theories.                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1304  Schools; authorize principal to remove persons who        Ellington
   %    wilfully disturb any session of public school.         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1330  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Moore
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1366  Exceptional children; revise eligibility requirements     Pierce
 *      to receive state assistance to attend certain schools. 
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1397  Task force; create to study feasibility of                Pierce
 *      reconstituting methods of professional development for 
        school board members.                                  
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1408  School board election; delete requirement that an         Pierce
        eligible voter be present.                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1410  Gaming revenues; provide that portion deposited into      Weathersby
        State General Fund shall be earmarked for public       
        education.                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1415  School districts; exempt high performing districts from   Gunn
   %    certain duties imposed on.                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1428  Mississippi Education Grant Writing Team; create.         Young
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1472  Health insurance for school board members; require        Gadd
        counties to pay full cost of coverage.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1522  Physical education; require public schools to teach       Gunn
        daily.                                                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1526  School boards members; increase compensation of.          Warren
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1527  School boards; authorize to borrow funds from Rural       Sullivan
   %    Economic Development Authority for certain purposes.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1544  Health instruction; require public schools to include     Scott
        in physical education courses.                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1550  School districts; certain shall adopt certain policies    Scott
   %    and procedures.                                        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1552  School boards; authorize to implement a financial         Fleming
 * %    literacy program for students.                         
           04/06 (S) Died In Committee
HB1553  Retired teachers; may draw benefits and be reemployed     Jennings
        as teachers under certain circumstances.               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1580  School superintendents; require all to have three years   Lott
        of administrative experience.                          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1596  School personnel; prescribe minimum requirements for      Rogers (61st)
        uniform employment contract for certain.               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1601  School boards; authorize to pay for cost of flu shots     Gunn
   %    for all teachers.                                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1606  School boards; compensation of attorney who is            Read
   %    legislator shall be paid with nonappropriated funds.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1611  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment of in     Robinson (84th)
        public schools.                                        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1620  Teachers; revise eligibility for alternate teaching       Jennings
        route program and teacher scholarship incentives.      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1630  Education Enhancement Fund; bring forward sections        Pierce
        relating to for purposes of amendment.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1641  Counselors; provide in elementary schools.                Scott
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1642  Recreational Facilities Activity Fund; create and use     Scott
        for recreational facilities on school property.        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1643  Social workers; provide in schools having high            Scott
        incidences of crime and violence.                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1696  Appropriation; State Department of Education - General    Pierce
 *  @   Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational          
        Education.                                             
           05/20 Approved by Governor
HC  54  Amend Constitution; elect State Superintendent of         Moore
        Public Education.                                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HC  90  Suspend deadlines for introduction; to delete             McCoy
        prohibition on public school officials being interested
        in sale of books to schools.                           
           05/09 (H) Died In Committee
SB2003  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Nunnelee
 *      after 1/1/2008, with exception.                        
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2022  Children-at-risk; establish the Motivating Parents and    Simmons
   %    Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program for school districts.
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2025  School social workers; allot adequate program funds       Simmons
        for.                                                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2026  School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to       Simmons
        read a minimum of 4 books per school year.             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2030  School board elections; elect members in all school       Nunnelee
        districts.                                             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2031  Licensed school employees; revise date for notice of      Simmons
 *      reemployment or nonreemployment.                       
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2042  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Nunnelee
   %    tuition organizations or public schools.               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2047  Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30   Chamberlin
        years of teaching experience.                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2056  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Nunnelee
        public schools.                                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2065  School term; revise first day for all schools.            Hewes
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2069  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
   %    restrictions.                                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2071  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2085  Payment of small invoices by school superintendents;      Kirby
 * %    authorize with school board approval at next meeting.  
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2099  Filling vacancies on county board of education; revise    Huggins
        method of.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2111  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact.         Nunnelee
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2118  Regional Alternative School Pilot Program (R.A.S.P.);     Jackson (32nd)
        authorize under Division of Youth Services.            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2120  Retirement system; authorize creditable service for       Jackson (32nd)
        certain part-time employment as a school bus driver.   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2129  Public schools; require certain appropriate conduct by    Jackson (32nd)
        students.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2130  Ten Commandments; authorize display on school property.   Jackson (32nd)
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2136  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Hyde-Smith
        reemployed as teachers in critical teacher shortage    
        areas.                                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2137  School bus parking pads; allow counties to grade and      Tollison
        gravel.                                                
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2139  School boards; members who receive salaries as            Browning
        compensation are eligible for retirement.              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2143  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors;        Tollison
        require new applicants to complete NBPT Master Teacher 
        process.                                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2155  Determination of average daily attendance; computed on    Harden
        October 30th of each year.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2157  Annual leave for teachers; allow additional               Harden
        accumulation of personal leave.                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2162  Education of exceptional children; revise parent due      Harden
        process and investigation procedures.                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2175  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies and fund-raising activities to the SBE and   
        the Legislature; require.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2181  Unused sick leave earned by teachers; authorize           Harden
        one-time payment by school district.                   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2182  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
   %    issues.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2183  School bond issue; authorize for one-year period          Harden
   %    without election unless petition of the electorate     
        calls for an election.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2185  School services for special population students;          Harden
        require course of study in teacher preparation         
        curriculum and in-service staff.                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2186  Child-care facility educational standards and staff       Harden
   %    development program; DHS & SDE establish.              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2188  Retired teachers; may draw benefits and be reemployed     Harden
        as teachers under certain circumstances.               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2189  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Harden
        reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of        
        creditable service.                                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2192  Study selection and governance structures of local        Harden
        school boards; create task force.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2195  State income tax credit for out-of-pocket classroom       Harden
  $%    supply expenditures made by public schoolteachers;     
        provide for.                                           
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2232  Quality Education and Teacher and Principal Protection    Hewes
        Act; create.                                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2247  School districts; elect members of all school boards in   Harden
        2005.                                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2276  School board limitation based on assessed valuation;      Tollison
   %    revise.                                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2280  Public school board members; include in State and         Doxey
        School Employees Health Insurance Plan.                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2295  Prohibition against deductions from salary of school      Chaney
        employees; repeal.                                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2296  Administrative superintendent; delete term from public    Chaney
        school statutes.                                       
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2297  Assistant teachers receive same minimum sick leave days   Chaney
 *      as licensed teachers; clarify.                         
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2300  Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement;       Chaney
 *      extend repealer.                                       
           05/03 (S) Died In Conference
SB2301  Joint purchases by school districts; clarify authority.   Chaney
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2302  Salary supplements for licensed school counselors and     Chaney
 *      school speech-language pathologists and audiologists;  
        clarify.                                               
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2303  MAEP funding provision for high-growth school             Chaney
        districts; delete repealer on.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2304  Local school districts to provide training and            Chaney
   %    incentive pay to comply with federal No Child Left     
        Behind Act; authorize.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2305  Minimum requirements for uniform employment contract      Chaney
        for certified and noncertified school personnel;       
        prescribe.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2306  Certified school personnel; clarify application of        Chaney
        School Employment Procedures Act (SEPA).               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2307  MS Employer-Assisted Housing Program for public school    Chaney
 *      teachers in critical need areas; extend repealer on.   
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2308  Procedure for reinstatement of a teacher's license;       Chaney
 * %    revise.                                                
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2309  Contract day requirements for teacher salary experience   Chaney
        increments; revise.                                    
           04/14 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2310  Operation of charter schools; delete repealer on          Chaney
        statutes authorizing.                                  
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2316  Teacher's authority in the classroom; delete automatic    Chaney
        repealer.                                              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2321  Study Committee on Retired Teacher Reemployment Option;   Chaney
        create and require report.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2337  Expert citizen-teacher license; person may teach any      Doxey
   %    course in Grades 9-12.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2339  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Horhn
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2348  Automatic transfer of certain students attending          Horhn
        nonpublic schools; authorize if test scores are        
        satisfactory.                                          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2364  School district fiscal year; same as county fiscal        Cuevas
        year.                                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2366  Substitute teachers may be paid twice per month and       Harden
        while student teaching; authorize.                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2376  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Chaney
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2385  Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.                    Hewes
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2409  State Board of Education to issue a nutrition integrity   Dawkins
        policy for Mississippi elementary and middle school    
        children; direct.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2444  Public notices of proposed ad valorem tax effort by       Tollison
        school districts; change content.                      
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2448  State's share of oil and gas severance taxes; all to be   Chaney
        appropriated to public schools until FY2006.           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2453  Retired teachers; may draw benefits and be reemployed     Chaney
        as teachers under certain circumstances.               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2486  Vaccinations; allow exemption for school attendance       King
        with certificate from physician.                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2498  Contract personnel with direct contact with students;     Chaney
 * %    authorize procedure for criminal background checks.    
           05/13 Approved by Governor
SB2516  Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day         Tollison
        kindergarten program; delete provision.                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2524  Board of Education; require all third grade students      Tollison
        who fail to meet certain proficiency levels to attend  
        summer school.                                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2547  School nurses; allow those who complete NBCSN             Harden
        certification to receive a salary supplement.          
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2551  School superintendents shall have 4 years'                Harden
        administrative experience; require.                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2565  State/school life insurance plan; allow school            Robertson
        districts/community colleges/libraries to choose a plan
        in lieu of participation.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2583  County board of education is levying authority for all    Albritton
 * %    school districts in county school system; provide.     
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2590  School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.                   Harden
   %       03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2595  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first; move to August 1.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2600  Retired teachers; may draw benefits and be reemployed     Carmichael
 *      as teachers under certain circumstances.               
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2620  Birthday cutoff date for 5- and 6-year-old enrollment     Harden
        in public kindergarten or first grade; move to January 
        1.                                                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2658  Education enhancement funds allocated for certain         Gordon
        purposes; divert for general education programs.       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2671  Reporting School Ad Valorem Reduction Funds; clarify      Chaney
 * %    and redirect certain Education Enhancement funds.      
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2693  Contract with private entities to provide                 Burton
 * %    noninstuctional services to pupils; authorize school   
        districts to.                                          
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2697  Mississippi Celebrity Honorary or Memorial Forestland     Thames
        Program for the benefit of public education; create.   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2712  Eligibility for alternative teaching route programs and   Chaney
 *      teacher scholarship incentives; revise (Governor's     
        proposal).                                             
           04/26 Approved by Governor
SB2726  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Butler
        reemployed as teachers if they have 25 years of        
        creditable service.                                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2731  Pre-kindergarten program for four-year old children and   Chaney
        three-year old children; phase in programs.            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2736  Local school board meetings; clarify excused absences.    Harvey
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2737  School district reduction in force policy; prohibit any   Ross
        denial of reemployment of teachers for 18 months.      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2753  Classroom supply funds; clarify distribution and          Harden
        administration of.                                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2762  Public notices of proposed ad valorem tax effort by       Williamson
        school districts; change content.                      
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2863  MS Commission on Public School Activities to regulate     Hewes
   %    all athletic and extracurricular public school         
        activities; establish.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2865  Teacher salary scale for 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school   Chaney
        years; bring forward.                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2866  MAEP funding provision for high-growth school             Chamberlin
        districts; delete repealer on.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2876  Exceptional children receiving state financial            Chaney
 *      assistance; revise eligibility requirements.           
           04/14 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2878  Territory annexed by municipality with Level 3 schools;   Gollott
        is automatically added to municipal separate school    
        district.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2902  State/school life insurance plan; allow school            Robertson
        districts/community colleges/libraries to choose a plan
        in lieu of participation.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2903  School districts may pay substitute teachers from any     Harden
        available district fund; authorize.                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2904  Disposal of old business records of school districts;     Harden
 *      clarify process.                                       
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2907  State Board of Education grant surface easement on        Chaney
        campus of MS School for the Blind and Deaf; authorize. 
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2909  Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for     Harden
   %    each public school district.                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2951  Donated leave to be returned to donating school           Harden
        employee; provide for.                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2963  All school districts participate in public school         Burton
        choice; required.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2964  Required local revenue to support Mississippi Adequate    Chaney
   %    Education Program and local school tax millage cap;    
        increase.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2969  School districts may develop and implement voluntary      Harden
 * %    prekindergarten program; authorize.                    
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2970  Payment of small invoices by school superintendents;      Harden
   %    authorize with school board approval at next meeting.  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2973  School districts to purchase commodities or equipment     Harden
   %    through state group purchasing program; authorize.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2974  Short term notes issued by school districts; increase     Harden
   %    maximum levy for repayment of.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2976  School districts provide an annual report of teacher      Harden
        vacancies to the SBE and the Legislature; require.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2978  Reductions in Adequate Education or EEF allotments;       Harden
   %    school district revenue shortfall borrowing authority  
        applies to.                                            
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2980  Mississippi School for the Arts; shall be organized as    Chaney
        nonprofit tax exempt corporation.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3002  SBE to charge fees for room and board at MS School for    Tollison
   %    Math/Science and MS School of the Arts; direct.        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3009  Certain Municipal/Special Municipal Separate School       Tollison
 *      Districts Board of Trustee Elections; electors may vote
        by absentee ballot.                                    
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB3016  Educational service agencies; provide for establishment   Carmichael
 * %    by school districts.                                   
           04/26 Approved by Governor
SB3036  University dual credit programs for high school           Frazier
        students; authorize school districts to establish.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3058  Refunding bond provisions; all school districts may use   Harden
  $%    provisions of.                                         
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SC 527  Urge Congress to make more students eligible for free     Dawkins
        school lunches.                                        
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
SC 540  Constitution Section 210; amend to remove prohibition     Chaney
 *      of sale of books by teachers.                          
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SC 613  Request State Department of Education to develop          Robertson
        healthy school menus.                                  
           05/09 (H) Died In Committee
SC 617  Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of     Horhn
        Education.                                             
           05/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

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