Education

MS - Senator Gray Tollison (R)

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Chairman

MS - Senator Chris Caughman (U)

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Vice-chairman

MS - Senator Kevin Blackwell (U)

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Member

MS - Senator David Blount (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Terry C. Burton (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Eugene S. Clarke (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Angela Burks Hill (R)

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Member

MS - Senator W. Briggs Hopson III (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Billy Hudson (R)

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Member

MS - Senator David Jordan (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Chris Massey (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Sollie B. Norwood (D)

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Member

MS - Senator John A. Polk (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Brice Wiggins (R)

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Member

MS - Senator J. P. Wilemon, Jr. (D)

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Member

MS - SB2003 Accreditation ratings applied to schools and school districts; SBE use only data from preceding school year.

MS - SN76 Jennifer Anne O'Neal, Brandon, Mississippi, Educational Television Authority (Mississippi Public Broadcasting Board), term beginning September 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2017.

MS - SB2094 Students entitled to school bus transportation; one-mile home to school limitation does not apply to students in K-4.

MS - SB2019 Children at risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.

MS - SB2069 State Superintendent of Public Education; salary shall not exceed salary of the Governor.

MS - SB2020 School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to read a minimum of four books per school year.

MS - SB2013 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.

MS - SB2105 Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.

MS - SB2006 Local school board authority to regulate school athletics and activities; prescribe certain conditions.

MS - SB2101 State Superintendent of Public Education; shall be elected beginning with November 2019 General Election.

MS - SB2034 Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.

MS - SB2001 Education Employment Procedures Law; increase probationary period for newly hired certified employees on phased-in basis.

MS - SB2007 County engineers to provide public school districts with annual list of bridges affecting transportation routes; require.

MS - SB2043 Unused leave accumulated by teacher who transfers to another school district; may be credited for retirement purposes.

MS - SB2045 Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.

MS - SB2042 Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.

MS - SB2064 Distance Learning Collaborative Act; establish grant program administered by Mississippi Department of Education.

MS - SB2041 Carbon monoxide detectors in all public and nonpublic schools; require.

MS - SB2046 Qualifications for local school board; require at least one (1) year of postsecondary education.

MS - SB2217 School Leaders Executive Development Program (SLED); establish.

MS - SB2140 Office of Educational Accountability in State Department of Education; transfer to Office of the Governor.

MS - SB2135 Professional association dues deduction by teachers; authorize.

MS - SB2218 Teaching Fellows Program under the State Board of Education; make technical revisions.

MS - SB2205 Education Enhancement Funds; authorize for Mississippi Schools for Arts, Math and Blind/Deaf.

MS - SB2248 Salary supplement for national board certified school nurses; increase number of nurses eligible.

MS - SB2274 Prekindergarten programs; establish Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council.

MS - SB2279 Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) Formula Review Commission; establish.

MS - SB2277 Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.

MS - SB2153 School district financial advisors; those appointed by State Supt. of Education deemed as independent contractors & clarify payment.

MS - SB2438 Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2019.

MS - SB2158 Determination of cost of adequate education program; define student "average daily membership" (ADM) for purpose of formula.

MS - SB2176 United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation.

MS - SB2159 Transfer of students between school districts; automatic transfer of students attending school rated "C," "D" or "F."

MS - SB2157 Literacy-Based Promotion Act; provide standards for individual reading plans and clarify assessments.

MS - SB2160 Students who withdrew from school before graduation; authorize high school diploma for achieving reasonably comparable requirements.

MS - SB2161 Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013; make technical amendments relating to funding, enrollment and operation.

MS - SB2219 Sixteenth Section school land; Secretary of State manages in school districts under conservatorship.

MS - SB2398 Sixteenth section lieu land; authorize exchange for timber development.

MS - SB2383 School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.

MS - SB2392 Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District and Mississippi State University; may operate model rural school.

MS - SB2385 Education Scholarship Accounts (ESAs); expand for Equal Opportunity For All Students Act.

MS - SB2408 Council on Education Technology; reestablish and define responsibilities.

MS - SB2393 Local school board authority to require school athletics and activities; prescribe certain conditions.

MS - SN79 Peggy Holmes, Amory, Mississippi, Educational Television Authority (Mississippi Public Broadcasting Board), term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2019, vice Perry Sansing.

MS - SB2289 School district consolidation; require one school per county.

MS - SB2284 School board members elected in all districts; superintendents appointed after January 1, 2016.

MS - SB2292 School district consolidation; require review after 3 years and allow reconstitution of old district if no improvement.

MS - SB2303 Driver's education; require for drivers under age 17.

MS - SB2301 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.

MS - SB2350 Qualifications for school superintendents; revise.

MS - SB2351 National Board Certified teachers; clarify process reimbursement.

MS - SB2357 Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program; earmark minimum number of awards for teachers of advanced placement courses.

MS - SB2341 Statutory limitation on school district expenditures for administration; withhold MAEP funds for overspending & cap salaries.

MS - SB2338 "Pay for Success Contracts Act"; authorize DFA and public school districts to only pay providers when results are successful.

MS - SB2337 School resource officers; require uniform statewide training.

MS - SB2436 Student transfer from school or school district which has lost accreditation; provide for mandatory transfer.

MS - SB2388 Reading intervention program at "C" level or low-performing school districts; direct State Department of Education to conduct.

MS - SB2407 Sixteenth Section School Land Principal Fund; authorize investment in any authorized PERS investment.

MS - SB2429 Financial literacy curriculum for students in public schools; State Board of Education shall implement.

MS - SB2406 Mississippi K-12 Student Performance and Efficiency Commission; establish.

MS - SB2395 Arrest of students on school property; provide for collection of data.

MS - SB2410 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.

MS - SB2380 Alternative school placement; provide clear standards and notice to parents or legal guardians.

MS - SB2431 Performanced-based funding for school districts; revise MAEP formula.

MS - SB2435 Minimum length of school term; specify minimum instructional student hours required for school district to receive MAEP funds.

MS - SB2413 Personal responsibility education; require implementation in middle and high school curriculum.

MS - SB2434 State curriculum for sex and abstinence education; delete repealer.

MS - SB2430 Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); parents may opt-out.

MS - SB2428 Cursive writing; direct State Board of Education to require in elementary education curriculum.

MS - SB2454 Student test results; testing companies shall notify schools not later than 21st day after the test is given.

MS - SB2457 Easements; clarify purchase of for access.

MS - SB2455 Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program; establish.

MS - SB2456 Prekindergarten providers under Early Learning Collaborative Program; require minimum rate of readiness, etc.

MS - SB2452 Local school district budgets; require at least 75% to be expended for instructional purposes.

MS - SB2559 Continuing education for members of local school boards; State Board of Education may select national organization to conduct.

MS - SB2453 Charter schools for special needs students; may be approved without approval of local school board.

MS - SB2498 School district consolidation; require in Perry County.

MS - SB2494 School district consolidation; require in Holmes County.

MS - SB2497 School district consolidation; require in Chickasaw County.

MS - SB2495 School district consolidation; require in Carroll County/Montgomery County/Winona.

MS - SB2501 Coahoma Agriculture High School; provide for closure and transfer of facilities, equipment and students.

MS - SB2499 School district consolidation; require in Hollandale and Leland.

MS - SB2500 School district consolidation; require in Lumberton Public School District and adjoining districts.

MS - SB2496 School district consolidation; require in Greenwood and Leflore County.

MS - SB2534 State Auditor; revise duties when conducting an audit of a public school district.

MS - SB2523 Homeschool students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public school.

MS - SB2549 Unlawful absences from school; no promotion or graduation if student has accumulated 21 or more absences in preceding school year.

MS - SB2551 "Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2016"; establish.

MS - SB2547 Common Core educational standards; parents can opt-out.

MS - SB2545 Student Online Personal Information Protection Act; enact.

MS - SB2554 Digital privacy; enact protections.

MS - SB2615 Mississippi Adequate Education Program; increase funding for at-risk pupils.

MS - SB2707 Education Technology; create council to develop Master Plan for infrastructure and teacher training.

MS - SB2701 Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2016-2017 school year.

MS - SB2695 Tax Credit Scholarship Act; enact.

MS - SB2712 Sixteenth section school land; Secretary of State does not approve leases.

MS - SB2713 Salary supplement for Nat'l. Bd. Certified teachers who teach in certain counties; authorize & clarify process reimbursement.

MS - SB2722 School attendance; authorize exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons for conscientious beliefs for.

MS - SB2715 Age requirements for enrollment of children in K and 1st grade; authorize early enrollment if superintendent determines child is ready.

MS - SB2717 School cafeteria costs; school districts may take administrative action when students don't pay for meals.

MS - SB2731 Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2020.

MS - SB2714 School district employees; remove authority of local school board to delegate employment recommendations.

MS - SB2818 State curriculum for sex and abstinence education; delete repealer.

MS - SB2718 Civics portion of Naturalization Test; require passing score for high school graduates and GED applicants.

MS - SB2723 School board members; all elected beginning with the November 2020 general election.

MS - SB2720 Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; delete repealer.

MS - SB2716 Local school boards; prescribe educational qualifications and compensation.

MS - SB2740 Parent-placed child in a PRTF; fully entitled to education funding from the State Department of Education.

MS - SB2753 Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.

MS - SB2780 Youth sports concussions and head injuries; provide procedures and education requirements.

MS - HB773 MS Youth Challenge Academy; require SDE to provide certain information to director of for purposes of dropout prevention.

MS - SB2825 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.

MS - SN20 Jason Scott Dean, Madison, Mississippi, State Board of Education, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2024.

MS - HB950 MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility through Grade 12.

MS - HB79 Teacher certification; provide exemption for qualification for licensure to certain individuals.

MS - HB926 School district administrative consolidation; require in Holmes County and Durant Public School Districts.

MS - HB51 Literacy-Based Promotion Act; revise and clarify provisions relating to retention to 3rd Grade accountability assessments.

MS - HB478 Task Force on the Future of Gifted Education in MS; extend repealer on.

MS - HB968 MS Youth Challenge Program; clarify terms for purposes of qualifying participants for graduation.

MS - HB1000 Summer normals; repeal.

MS - HB37 Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; delete repealer on.

MS - HB110 School buses; clarify that motor vehicle need not stop when meeting or passing on divided highway.

MS - HB1534 School districts; exempt those with "A" and "B" accountability ratings from certain duties.

MS - HB991 School district administrative consolidation; require study on Chickasaw County.

MS - HB1044 Charter schools; authorize open enrollment across school district lines.

MS - HB4 Parental Involvement and Accountability Act; create.

MS - HB1531 MS Statewide Teacher Appraisal Rubric (M-STAR); discontinue and require local districts to adopt teacher evaluation system.

MS - HB168 School athletics and extracurricular activities; require SBE to review and recommend revisions for administration of for public schools.

MS - HB207 National Board Certified Teachers; clarify process for reimbursement.

MS - HB989 MS Achievement School District; establish to oversee administration of certain failing schools with a "F" rating for two consecutive years.

MS - HB987 School district administrative consolidation; require in Leflore County and Greenwood Public School Districts.

MS - HB1054 Financial literacy curriculum; require the State Board of Education to implement for all students in Grades 9-12.

MS - HB1444 Financial Transparency in Education Act; create.

MS - HB933 Graduation requirements; require SBE to administer an American Civics assessment as part of statewide testing program and for students to pass as a condition of.

MS - HB494 Sex-related/abstinence education and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force; extend repealers on.

MS - HB928 Arrest of students on school property; provide for collection of data.

MS - HB497 MAEP; extend repealer on requirement that certain absences be considered excused for purposes of average daily attendance.

MS - HB33 Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; revise definition of "eligible student" to include those with an active IEP for past five years.

MS - HB34 Financial advisors; require those appointed by the State Supt. of Public Education to certain school districts to be independent contractors.

MS - HB924 Council on Education Technology; reestablish and define responsibilities.

MS - HB29 School districts; require to submit reports to PEER.

MS - HB458 MAEP; bring forward related sections for purpose of possible revisions.

MS - HB959 Students with disabilities; revise process by which schools enhancing full inclusion of in all educational areas are recognized.

MS - HB1043 Charter schools; revise teachers' time to achieve state licensure and conform language regarding director to 2014 amendments.

MS - HB200 EEF Procurement Cards; revise definition of "teachers" to include those employed at public special purpose schools to receive.

MS - SN42 Arthur Edward (Buddy) Bailey, Jr., Brandon, Mississippi, School Administrator to the State Board of Education, unexpired term beginning October 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2023, vice Richard Morrison.

MS - HB938 Vaccinations; authorize exemptions for medical purposes.

MS - SN66 Robert John (Bob) Sawyer, Gulfport, Mississippi, Educational Television Authority (Mississippi Public Broadcasting Board), four year term beginning July 1, 2016 and ending June 30, 2020.