Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

House Education Committee

As of 01/02/07 at 12:33

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HB   8  Public schools; prohibit zero tolerance discipline        Fleming
        plans.                                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  22  School enrollment; students may attend a school in a      Fleming
        different district if their parents are purchasing a   
        residence there.                                       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  24  High school; require students to complete state           Fleming
        certified driver education training in order to        
        graduate.                                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  25  Student Achievement Guarantee in Education Act; create.   Fleming
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  44  Schools; reduce number of days in scholastic year.        Baker (74th)
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  65  School districts; require administrative consolidation    Denny
   %    into one district per county.                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB  95  Home school students; authorize to participate in         Baker (74th)
        extracurricular activities.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 101  Physical education; require public high schools to        Fleming
        teach daily.                                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 104  Teachers, counselors and school officials; prohibit       Fleming
        from recommending psychiatric drugs for children.      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 106  School Testing Right to Know Act; create.                 Fleming
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 107  Public schools; create a task force to study core         Fleming
        curriculum.                                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 108  Adult entertainment business; prohibit establishment on   Fleming
        sixteenth section land or lieu land.                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 110  Mississippi After-School Initiative Task Force; create.   Fleming
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 140  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements to Level 1 and        Fleming
  $%    Level 2 public high schools.                           
           02/22 (H) Died In Committee
HB 144  School districts; allow parent to choose after            Janus
        annexation.                                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 159  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Denny
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 166  County superintendent of education; prohibit voters in    Mayo
 *      certain school districts from voting in election for.  
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 198  Sixteenth section land; authorize school boards to        Gunn
        enter private contracts for management of.             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 205  Scholastic year; prohibit schools from opening before     Markham
        August 15.                                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 213  Office of Dropout Prevention; create within the State     Brown
 * %    Department of Education.                               
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 214  Curriculum choices; SDE design for students interested    Brown
 *      in direct entry into workforce.                        
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 215  MAEP; revise formula.                                     Brown
 *         02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB 216  Mississippi Early Childhood Education Incentive           Brown
        Program; establish.                                    
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 220  Mississippi Code; provide set to office of                Moak
        superintendent of each public school district.         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 227  School districts; provide for elected municipal           Chism
   %    trustees and appointed county superintendents.         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 297  Vending machines; those located in schools may sell       Reeves
        only certain products.                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 308  Local school boards; authorize to make surplus            Brown
 *      textbooks available to parents of school age children  
        in the district.                                       
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 309  Schools; provide information to parents about             Brown
   %    meningococcal disease.                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 310  Compulsory School Attendance Law; clarify requirements    Brown
        for certain students.                                  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 312  Prohibition against making deductions from salary of      Brown
        school employees; repeal.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 313  School employers; revise procedures for making            Brown
        deductions.                                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 317  Charter schools; create new process for establishing.     Brown
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 318  Italian language pilot program; extend repealer on.       Brown
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 319  Local school health councils; direct local school         Brown
 *      districts to establish in conformity with federal      
        requirements.                                          
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB 320  School boards; transfer training responsibility to        Brown
        Mississippi School Boards Association.                 
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 321  Substitute school bus drivers; authorize reimbursement    Brown
        for costs required for commercial driver's license.    
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 322  School superintendents; require three years of            Brown
        administrative experience.                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary      Brown
        period and include assistant teachers.                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 349  School boards; authorize to levy ad valorem taxes for     Mayo
   %    school districts.                                      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 353  Schools; require certain grades to be taught reading      Martinson
        for three hours each day.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 361  Teacher education program; require instruction in the     Martinson
        teaching of phonics.                                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 420  School boards; authorize to pay for flu shots for         Gunn
   %    teachers.                                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 423  Certified athletic trainers; allow to receive salary      Fillingane
        supplement if have completed NATA certification        
        process.                                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 461  Physical education; require public schools to teach.      Gunn
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 493  Elected school boards; elect all members at time of       Moore
        presidential election.                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 501  Schools; establish opening and closing dates of           Moore
        scholastic year.                                       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 507  Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to      Moore
   %    increase without referendum approval.                  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 508  State Superintendent of Public Education; elect at        Moore
   %    general state election.                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 511  County school boards; members shall be elected by a       Moore
        majority vote.                                         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 512  Mississippi Put Parents in Charge Act; create.            Moore
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 513  Taxing authorities; authorize to veto school board        Moore
  $%    request for tax increase up to seven percent.          
           02/22 (H) Died In Committee
HB 517  Schools; authorize bands to play song, "Hail to the       Jennings
        Chief."                                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 521  Licensed school employees; districts to use uniform       Rogers (61st)
        contract prescribed by SBE.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 531  School districts; exempt high performing districts from   Gunn
   %    certain duties.                                        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 549  Curriculum; extend repealer on Italian Language K-12      Warren
        Pilot Program.                                         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 555  Child care facilities; exempt from licensure any school   Holland
        affiliated with accelerated Christian Education, Inc.  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 563  MAEP funding; extend repealer on additional funding for   Warren
        high growth districts.                                 
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 608  Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.           Clark
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 616  Mississippi history; require comprehensive course for     Clark
        9th grade public students.                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 631  MAEP; increase adjustment to base cost for at risk        Clark
        students.                                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 645  Compulsory school attendance law; delete provision        Clark
        allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 653  School buses; increase speed limits on interstates and    Mayo
        highways for authorized trips.                         
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 662  Vaccinations; allow exemption from for school             Fillingane
        attendance with certificate from physician.            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 688  Home school students; authorize dual enrollment in        Robinson (84th)
        public schools.                                        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 724  MAEP funding; delete repealer on additional funding for   Jennings
        high growth districts.                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 725  Driver's license; increase minimum age; require schools   Martinson
   %    to provide driver education in order to graduate.      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 750  Mississippi School Teacher Sabbatical Program;            Lane
        establish.                                             
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 751  Mississippi School Administrator Sabbatical Program;      Lane
        delete repealer.                                       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 752  School employers; revise procedures for making            Lane
        deductions.                                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 755  Mississippi Occupational Diploma; authorize State Board   Carlton
        of Education to develop for certain students in        
        alternative schools.                                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 759  School boards; authorize to pay costs for substitute      Carlton
        school bus drivers to get commercial license.          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 809  School boards; authorize to increase per diem or salary   Franks
        of members of.                                         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 862  Health instruction; require public schools to teach       Scott
        physical education classes.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 866  School uniforms; mandate in districts selected for        Scott
   %    pilot program by SBE.                                  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 867  Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create.                Scott
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 868  Social workers; provide in schools having high            Scott
        incidences of crime and violence.                      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 869  Institutional Training Program Initiative; create to      Scott
        assist students in workforce training at colleges.     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 870  School districts; require certain policies in those       Scott
   %    accredited at Level 3 or lower.                        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 871  Counselors; provide in elementary schools.                Scott
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 875  Recreational Facilities Activity Fund; create and use     Scott
        for recreational facilities on school property.        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 877  Ad valorem taxes; revise notice requirements when         Brown
   %    school district proposes increase.                     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 884  Vision screening; require certain elementary students     Holland
        to document having passed before enrolling.            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 904  School board members; authorize to become members of      Franks
        PERS.                                                  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 912  Health instruction; require public schools to teach       Hines
        physical education courses.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 914  Public school students; authorize community service as    Hines
        alternative to suspension or explusion.                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 915  School attendance officers; require summer visits to      Carlton
        chronic truant families.                               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 921  Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.                       Hines
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 923  State Department of Education; study feasibility of       Hines
        program of instruction on felony laws.                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 938  Schools; authorize use of greeting "Merry Christmas."     Aldridge
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 939  Classroom supply funds; increase to $300.00/teacher by    Espy
        SDE supplementing Education Enhancement Funds.         
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 941  Vending machines; limit products that may be sold to      Reeves
        students in public schools.                            
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 944  School districts; authorize to partner with entities,     Lott
 * %    organizations and corporations to benefit.             
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 945  Local school districts; authorize home rule authority.    Lott
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 951  School superintendents; require to notify teachers of     Lott
 *      nonreemployment before certain date.                   
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 953  School boards; may authorize teaching of creationism or   Lott
   %    intelligent design.                                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1016  Licensed school employees; repeal prohibition against     Calhoun
        payroll deductions for association dues.               
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1029  Taxing authorities; authorize to veto school board        Chism
  $%    request for tax increase up to seven percent.          
           02/22 (H) Died In Committee
HB1030  Taxing authorities; authorize to veto school board        Chism
  $%    request for certain tax increase.                      
           02/22 (H) Died In Committee
HB1041  School boards; authorize members who are paid an annual   Smith (39th)
        salary to join PERS.                                   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1042  School buses; require SDE to develop plan for certain     Dedeaux
        percentage to use biodiesel.                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1065  Ad valorem tax, school collections; clarify additional    Watson
   %    levy for collection costs and revise deadline for      
        transmitting tax collections.                          
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1072  Schools; require birth certificates and for non-United    Lott
        States born students, proof of parent's legal          
        immigration status.                                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1085  State Superintendent of Public Education; Governor to     Baker (74th)
   %    appoint and transfer SBE powers to.                    
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1088  Department of Education; require to develop selection     Turner
   %    process for architectural plans of school buildings.   
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1091  School boards; authorize to establish teacher             Myers
   %    scholarship and loan repayment program.                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1096  School dropouts; suspend driver's licenses and require    Brown
        SDE to take steps to reduce.                           
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1118  School districts; revise various provisions regarding     Brown
   %    financial reports.                                     
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1119  School districts; revise requirements relating to         Brown
 *      financial audits and reporting (Gov.).                 
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB1120  Disciplinary Action Review Board; create to hear          Brown
        teachers' appeals relating to students' return to      
        class.                                                 
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1121  School districts; establish home rule and exempt          Brown
 * %    certain districts from certain requirements.           
           03/15 Approved by Governor
HB1122  Teachers; implement programs to improve recruitment and   Brown
        retention.                                             
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1130  Public high schools; restructure means of delivering      Brown
 *      education.                                             
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1167  Property; authorize land exchange between North Pike      Mims
        School District and Southwest Mississippi Community    
        College.                                               
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1170  School boards; authorize to borrow from Rural Economic    Sullivan
   %    Development Authority for maintenance of schools.      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1189  Charter Schools; create new process for establishing.     Martinson
   %       01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1242  Early childhood education; revise duties of Interagency   Brown
 *      Advisory Committee for Early Childhood Services.       
           02/08 (H) Died In Committee
HB1246  School districts; may employ social workers and receive   Clark
   %    state reimbursement for portion of salaries of.        
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1247  School superintendent; prohibit person from holding       Brown
        office if member of school board of another district.  
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1262  Schools; incorporate law-related education                Dickson
        instructional approach.                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1337  Italian language pilot program; extend repealer.          Davis
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1342  Students; require those in Grades 7-12 to maintain 2.0    Banks
        GPA to participate in athletics.                       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1343  School curriculum; require voter education as part of     Hines
        United States Government course.                       
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1348  School curriculum; require criminal law in elementary     Lane
        and high schools.                                      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1358  School districts; not required to advertise tax           Martinson
   %    increase when budget increases due to property value   
        increases.                                             
           02/09 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1380  Secondary schools; require to display U.S. Constitution   Reed
        or summary thereof in each grade.                      
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1383  Poplarville School District; provide for elected school   Frierson
 *      board.                                                 
           03/01 (S) Died In Committee
HB1423  High school diploma; authorize for students who           Reed
 *      withdrew before graduation and later achieved          
        equivalent requirements.                               
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB1438  Mississippi Opportunity Program; revise by increasing     Markham
        the teacher salary scale.                              
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1449  MEMA; authorize to use school buses to transport          Davis
        evacuees during a state of emergency.                  
           02/28 (S) Died In Committee
HB1465  Abstinence Education and Fetal Awareness Education Act;   Baker (74th)
        create.                                                
           01/31 (H) Died In Committee
SB2008  Local school health councils; direct local school         Chaney
        districts to establish in conformity with federal      
        requirements.                                          
           03/08 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2049  Charter schools study commission; extend for one year.    Chaney
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2055  Substitute and special state school bus drivers;          Chaney
        authorize reimbursement for costs required for         
        commercial driver's license.                           
           03/08 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2061  Local school superintendents; require 3 years of          Chaney
 *      administrative and 3 years of classroom experience.    
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2119  School board members elected in all districts;            Nunnelee
 *      superintendents appointed after January 1, 2008.       
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2154  Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.                    Hewes
 *         02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2158  Teacher license; require revocation if person convicted   White
   %    of child abuse or child sexual abuse.                  
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2188  Local school board member training; transfer              Chaney
        responsibility to Mississippi School Boards            
        Association.                                           
           03/09 Approved by Governor
SB2409  Police jurisdiction of officers employed by school        King
        districts; expand to include area adjoining school     
        property.                                              
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2420  Property; authorize land exchange between North Pike      Dearing
 *      School District and Southwest Mississippi Community    
        College.                                               
           03/27 (S) Died In Conference
SB2427  Discussing and answering questions on intelligent         Ross
        design in public school classes; teachers shall not be 
        prohibited from.                                       
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2602  Mississippi Education Reform Act of 2006; enact.          Chaney
 * %       03/28 Approved by Governor
SB2604  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; revise certain    Chaney
 *      components.                                            
           03/24 Approved by Governor
SB2609  Child care facility licensure requirements; exempt        Gordon
        school affiliated with Accelerated Christian Education,
        Inc.                                                   
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2700  Schools provide parents information about meningococcal   Chaney
 *      disease; require.                                      
           03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2701  School districts/community colleges/USM may borrow CDL    Chaney
 * %    funds to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane  
        Katrina; authorize.                                    
           02/20 Approved by Governor
SB2704  Automatic transfer of student to school in adjacent       Chaney
 *      district on shorter bus route; provide for.            
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2716  Abstinence education and fetal awareness instruction;     White
 *      require in all high schools.                           
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2718  Civil rights and human rights education in K-12 public    Tollison
 *      school curriculum; establish commission.               
           03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2918  Financial literacy curricula in high school; require      Hyde-Smith
 * %    school districts to implement.                         
           02/28 (H) Died In Committee
SB2978  School board may contract for the development of          Doxey
 * %    surplus school property and issue notes/bonds;         
        authorize.                                             
           04/24 Approved by Governor


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


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