Education

MS - Senator Dennis DeBar, Jr. (R)

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Chairman

MS - Senator David Blount (D)

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Vice-chairman

MS - Senator Nicole Boyd (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Hob Bryan (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Scott DeLano (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 Chris Johnson (R)

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Member

MS - Senator David Jordan (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Michael McLendon (R)

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Member

MS - Senator Chad McMahan (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 Sarita Simmons (D)

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Member

MS - Senator Brice Wiggins (R)

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Member

MS - SB2001 Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.

MS - SB2038 Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.

MS - SB2039 Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment.

MS - SB2040 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.

MS - SB2041 Teachers' salary; implement a four-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.

MS - SB2042 Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment.

MS - SB2069 Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.

MS - HB135 MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on.

MS - SB2142 School boards; require policy that allows for corporal punishment opt in of students annually.

MS - SB2144 MHSAA; must allow member schools to participate against nonaccredited schools and schools with home-schooled students.

MS - SB2146 Charter School Authorizer Board; reconstitute.

MS - SB2147 School recognition program; bring forward for possible amendment to salary supplements.

MS - SB2148 School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include water bottle filling stations.

MS - SB2149 MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.

MS - SB2150 School property; schools may withhold transcripts from students who fail to return textbooks or mobile devices.

MS - SB2152 High-performing education systems design; establish task force.

MS - SB2153 Teacher licenses; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses valid license from other state.

MS - SN6 Kimberly Kay Remak, Olive Branch, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, term effective December 8, 2020 and ending August 30, 2022.

MS - SN7 Dr. Ronnie Lynn McGehee, Madison, Mississippi, State Board of Education, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2028.

MS - SB2226 Education standards; replace Common Core with ELA Standards.

MS - SB2267 Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state.

MS - SB2269 Schools; provide for mental health services providers and trauma informed training.

MS - SB2297 School athletic trainers; provide annual salary supplement for those acquiring national certification.

MS - SB2298 Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.

MS - SB2299 School board members; increase pay.

MS - SB2300 Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.

MS - SB2301 Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.

MS - SB2302 School Recognition Program; require board of education and department of education to implement rules.

MS - SN20 Glen Vernon East, Gulfport, Mississippi, State Board of Education as the School Administrator, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2023, vice Buddy Bailey.

MS - SN21 Angela Sade Wheeler Bass, Ph.D., Jackson, Mississippi, State Board of Education, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2025, representing the First Supreme Court District, vice Johnny Franklin.

MS - SB2304 School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.

MS - SB2305 William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.

MS - SB2306 Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.

MS - SB2307 Dyslexia Awareness Training Program; require teachers to complete two hours of training for.

MS - SB2308 Department of Education; implement dyslexia screenings and awareness programs.

MS - SB2309 Requirements for standard high school diploma; discontinue subject area tests.

MS - SB2311 Economic and Academic Need Forgivable Loan Program; create.

MS - SB2312 Office of Early Childhood; establish and prescribe responsibilities.

MS - SB2314 Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.

MS - SB2382 Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas.

MS - SB2384 School employee salary supplements; remove limitation on number of school nurses and language therapists eligible for.

MS - HB302 Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District Innovation.

MS - HB358 Bonding requirement for school purchasing agents; increase.

MS - HB370 Public purchasing laws; exempt purchase of nonadopted and adopted textbooks by MDE for nonpubilc schools.

MS - HB487 County and public libraries; repeal certain provisions related to.

MS - HB504 Commission on School Accreditation; clarify membership composition.

MS - HB536 Mississippi Department of Employment Security; revise various provisions regarding authority of.

MS - HB556 16th Section lands; authorize local school boards to enter into public or private contracts for sale of forestry products grown on.

MS - HB633 Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.

MS - SB2527 Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.

MS - HB754 Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan.

MS - SB2529 High school graduation; end-of-course assessments required by federal law shall only be required.

MS - SB2530 Teachers and assistant teachers; provide incentive programs to experienced teachers.

MS - SB2531 "T Initiative of 2021"; create program that provides support to schools for virtual learning.

MS - SB2532 Expand Mississippi Connectivity for Education Act; create.

MS - SB2533 Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District of Innovation.

MS - SB2534 New educational programs; allow school districts to enter into agreements for vocational and other educational programs.

MS - SB2537 Tim Tebow Act; authorize interscholastic extracurricular activity participation of students enrolled in homeschools.

MS - SB2538 Saving American History in Mississippi Schools Act; prevent funds from being used to teach the 1619 Project.

MS - SB2656 School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.

MS - SB2657 Assistant teachers; Department of Education implement program to employ more assistant teachers in failing school districts.

MS - SB2658 Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund.

MS - SB2659 Teacher licenses; lower the requirement for nontraditional route teachers.

MS - SB2660 Failing school systems; Department of Education shall implement program to provide incentive to experienced teachers.

MS - SB2661 Teacher pay; increase to southeastern average.

MS - SB2662 Sixteenth section forest products; allow school districts to enter into long-term timber agreements.

MS - SB2663 School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade.

MS - SB2664 Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; prescribe standards and benchmarks.

MS - SB2665 Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise minimum funding levels.

MS - SB2666 Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled students to participate in sports and provide funds to schools for their participation.

MS - SB2667 Teachers; authorize licensure in individual subject areas.

MS - SB2668 Accreditation of schools; allow schools to employ up to 10% of nonlicensed teachers to teach in core areas.

MS - SB2669 Mississippi Save Our Schools Program; create.

MS - SB2670 MHSAA; must allow member schools to participate against nonaccredited schools and schools with home schooled students.

MS - SB2671 Teacher assistant nonreemployment; provide that teacher assistants receive due process rights.

MS - SB2672 School accountability; provide that accreditation score from 2018-2019 shall be used unless school receives higher grade.

MS - SB2673 School District System Design Partnership Program; create.

MS - SB2674 2021 Mississippi Education Task Force; create to review state regulations and accountability system.

MS - SB2675 Third-grade reading assessment for 2020-2021 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.

MS - SB2676 Compulsory School Attendance Law; define "child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.

MS - SB2677 Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior.

MS - SB2678 Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.

MS - SB2679 School attendance officer; require to attend training for understanding children with disabilities.

MS - SB2680 Department of Education; require central reporting system for federal data.

MS - SB2681 Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.

MS - SB2682 Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.

MS - SB2683 Teachers' salaries; provide for increase and implement plan to fund at the southeastern average.

MS - SB2684 Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund.

MS - SB2685 Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an "F"-designated school.

MS - SB2686 Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.

MS - SB2687 Active shooter drills; prohibit telling students and teachers that drill is real.

MS - SB2688 Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.

MS - HB849 State Workforce Investment Board; revise membership of.

MS - HB852 Teachers' and teacher's assistants' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.

MS - HB853 Charter schools; revise deadlines for certain reporting requirements and to allow certain teacher units to those in first year of operation.

MS - HB925 School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include refillable water bottle stations.

MS - SB2790 Teachers; revise licensure qualifications and requirements.

MS - SB2791 Abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education; extend repealer on.

MS - SB2793 Virtual public school; create pilot program for the creation of virtual public schools operated by school districts.

MS - SB2794 Public schools; allow to offer online career track program.

MS - HB1047 Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements.

MS - HB1123 Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.

MS - HB1179 William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.

MS - HB1253 Construction management at risk method of project delivery; revise certain provisions related to.

MS - SB2866 Mississippi Adequate Education Program state funding; dedicate at least 25% of any revenue growth.

MS - SB2867 Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" districts with additional.

MS - HB1301 Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.

MS - SN50 Donald Everett (Don) Hinton, Jr., Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2023, representing the Second Supreme Court District.

MS - SN51 Mark Charles Baker, Sr., Brandon, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2023, representing the First Supreme Court District.