MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Senator(s) Jordan

Senate Bill 2120

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR CERTIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES UNDER THE SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES LAW TO ONE YEAR AND TO ELIMINATE THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRING FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 37-9-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     37-9-103. * * *(1)  As used in Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the word "employee" shall include * * *:

  (a) any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel employed by * * *the local a Mississippi school district for a continuous period of * * *two (2) years with that district one (1) year and who is required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment * * *.; or

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(b)  Any teacher, principal, superintendent or other professional personnel who has completed a continuous period of two (2) years of employment in a Mississippi public school district and one (1) full year of employment with the school district of current employment, and who is required to have a valid license issued by the State Department of Education as a prerequisite of employment.

     (2)  (a)  The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of employee as defined in this section employed in any school district after the Governor declares a state of emergency under the provisions of Section 37‑17‑6(11).  The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not be applicable in any school district for the full period of time that those conditions, as defined in Section 37‑17‑6(11), exist.

          (b)  The Education Employment Procedures Law shall not apply to any category of employee as defined in this section employed in any school that is a new start school, as provided for under Section 37‑167‑1.

 * * *(3)  For purposes of Sections 37-9-101 through 37-9-113, the term "days" means calendar days.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.

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