Senate Bill NO. 2914

By Senator(s) Harden

SECTION 1. The following provision shall be codified as Section 37-19-20, Mississippi Code of 1972:

37-19-20. Each school district shall be allotted a sufficient amount of funds for the salaries and fringe benefits of substitute teachers employed by the district for more than a one-month period of time, to be referred to as "long-term substitute teachers." Funding for such long-term substitute teachers shall be limited to minimum program funds that would otherwise be available to a school district for allotted licensed teacher unit positions which cannot be utilized by the district. Funding for such long-term substitute teachers shall be based on the beginning salary scale for a teacher with a type A certificate, and the documentation for the necessity of employing such long-term substitute teachers shall be prescribed and approved by the State Board of Education.

Further amend the title to conform: