2021 Regular Session
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HB 20 Not Rated |
School board members; authorize excused absences from board meeting in the event of family emergency. | Dead | ||
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HB 33 Not Rated |
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt a policy and educate students on. | Dead | ||
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HB 35 Not Rated |
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years. | Dead | ||
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HB 51 Not Rated |
School board members; establish annual salary based on student enrollment. | Dead | ||
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HB 52 Not Rated |
Mississippi History and United States Government; require to be included in curriculum for all students in Grades 9-12. | Dead | ||
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HB 105 Not Rated |
National board certified school nurses; remove cap on number of eligible for annual salary supplement. | Dead | ||
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HB 110 Not Rated |
Computer science; require to be taught in all public schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 114 Not Rated |
Districts of Innovations; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment or other nationally recognized assessment for accountability ratings. | Dead | ||
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HB 135 Neutral |
MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill neither expands nor contracts government. | ||||
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HB 143 Not Rated |
Abstinence and sex-related education; extend repelaer on public school requirements for. | Dead | ||
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HB 161 Not Rated |
Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; extend repealer on. | Dead | ||
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HB 165 Not Rated |
Wireless learning environments; require school districts to develop and implement within two years. | Dead | ||
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HB 166 Not Rated |
Mississippi Statewide Assessment System; remove criminal penalties and establish maximum time educator's license may be suspended or revoked. | Dead | ||
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HB 167 Not Rated |
School district efficiency; conduct feasibility study on the administration of. | Dead | ||
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HB 168 Not Rated |
School districts; provide strategy to promote holistic educational efficiency and opportunities for all students. | Dead | ||
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HB 169 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MDE to assist parents in paying school districts for cost of lost/damaged electronic devices assigned to students. | Dead | ||
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HB 170 Not Rated |
Teachers; revise duties and responsibilities relating to student assessment and achievement before promotion. | Dead | ||
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HB 193 Not Rated |
Missing children; require compilation of by Department of Education and day care facilities. | Dead | ||
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HB 228 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Holmes County Consolidated School District for expenses of consolidation. | Dead | ||
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HB 238 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2021'; enact. | Dead | ||
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HB 256 Not Rated |
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9. | Dead | ||
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HB 257 Not Rated |
MAEP; define 'at-risk pupil' and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. | Dead | ||
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HB 259 Not Rated |
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish. | Dead | ||
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HB 260 Not Rated |
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of. | Dead | ||
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HB 261 Not Rated |
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students. | Dead | ||
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HB 270 Not Rated |
Compulsory school attendance; revise to remove certain excused absences. | Dead | ||
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HB 276 Not Rated |
The Digital Access Learning and Virtual Instruction Program Act of 2021; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 280 Not Rated |
Statewide Assessment Program; require SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment. | Dead | ||
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HB 281 Not Rated |
End-of-course assessments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition of graduation. | Dead | ||
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HB 282 Not Rated |
Statewide testing program; require the SBE to cease administration of for the 2020-2021 school year. | Dead | ||
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HB 283 Not Rated |
End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require minimum score on the ACT for graduation. | Dead | ||
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HB 302 Good Policy |
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District Innovation. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases community engagement in education. | ||||
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HB 313 Not Rated |
Student club funds; clarify use and accounting practices by school districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 314 Bad Policy |
State Department of Education; permit to receive various contributions from public or private donors. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill decreases government accountability and transparency by authorizing private donors to dictate the manner in which donations are expended and/or utilized. This policy is in direct contradiction with the principle of representative government. Our elected officials are accountable to the voters. This bill creates an arrangement in which unaccountable private donors are given authority to determine education policy through stipulations on donations. (See lines 25 – 29) | ||||
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HB 315 Not Rated |
Gifted education; require school districts to provide for students in Grades 7 and 8. | Dead | ||
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HB 316 Not Rated |
Kindergarten-age children; require mandatory attendance under compulsory school attendance laws. | Dead | ||
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HB 317 Not Rated |
National board certification annual salary supplement; remove cap on number of nurses and speech-language pathologists eligible for. | Dead | ||
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HB 321 Not Rated |
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards. | Dead | ||
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HB 342 Not Rated |
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA. | Dead | ||
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HB 344 Not Rated |
Nonlicensed teachers; authorize local school districts to employ certain number to fill core subject area positions. | Dead | ||
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HB 346 Not Rated |
Prohibition against bullying in schools; revise definitions and include cyberbullying. | Dead | ||
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HB 361 Not Rated |
MS Achievement School District; specify use of funds for the benefit of local school district of funds' origin. | Dead | ||
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HB 364 Not Rated |
Schools in district transformation; prohibit mandatory consolidation if progressing toward termination of district transformation status. | Dead | ||
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HB 367 Not Rated |
Statewide Assessment Program; require the SBE to use ACT as summative assessment. | Dead | ||
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HB 370 Bad Policy |
Public purchasing laws; exempt purchase of nonadopted and adopted textbooks by MDE for nonpubilc schools. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill reduces government accountability and transparency by adding an additional category of expenditures to the existing list of expenditures exempted from public purchasing laws. | ||||
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HB 371 Not Rated |
Licensed school employees and administrators; suspend license for one year for breach of contract or abandonment of employment. | Dead | ||
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HB 383 Not Rated |
National Board Certified teachers; provide additional annual salary supplement to those employed in Walthall County. | Dead | ||
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HB 384 Not Rated |
School bus drivers; require to be first aid and CPR trained and certified. | Dead | ||
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HB 386 Not Rated |
Boards of Education; require those in districts having a mayor-council form of government to be elected. | Dead | ||
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HB 392 Not Rated |
Exceptional children; require school districts to develop policy for the discipline of. | Dead | ||
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HB 394 Not Rated |
Scholastic year; increase number of days for schools with an accountability rating of 'D' or 'F.' | Dead | ||
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HB 397 Not Rated |
Public schools; clarify authority of local law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate crimes on property of. | Dead | ||
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HB 411 Not Rated |
Irlen Syndrome; require screening for and districts to provide reasonable accommodations for students with. | Dead | ||
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HB 414 Not Rated |
School transportation; authorize motor vehicles other than buses for small groups of students traveling to school activities. | Dead | ||
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HB 415 Not Rated |
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the 'Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act,' and lower compulsory age to five years. | Dead | ||
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HB 416 Not Rated |
Charter school payments; require school districts to pay local funds due on a monthly basis. | Dead | ||
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HB 417 Not Rated |
National Board Certified teachers; include those employed in Hinds County as eligible for additional supplement. | Dead | ||
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HB 422 Not Rated |
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters. | Dead | ||
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HB 426 Not Rated |
'MS Educator Dyslexia Awareness Act of 2021'; enact to require certain instruction and training for license renewal. | Dead | ||
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HB 427 Bad Policy |
'Trauma-Informed Discipline Practices Act; enact to establish procedures to assess and mediate effects of traumatic events in schools. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill reduces students' individual liberty and privacy and expands government authority. This bill removes the standard Code of Ethics for school counselor and essentially replaces it with nothing by which to actually gauge and verify the work of school counselors. This bill authorizes a pre-emptive team of school personnel to seek out students and coordinate with local mental health organizations. Regardless of the actual intent of this bill, the text of this bill is dangerous to all public-school students and their families. | ||||
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HB 432 Not Rated |
End-of-course tests; eliminate passing score as graduation requirement and exempt from accountability ratings for four years. | Dead | ||
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HB 433 Not Rated |
Public and private schools; require all employees to annually receive flu vaccine. | Dead | ||
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HB 434 Not Rated |
Public and private schools; require all employees to be tested annually for tuberculosis. | Dead | ||
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HB 437 Not Rated |
Public and private schools; require proper hand washing materials in all restrooms. | Dead | ||
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HB 455 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; provide to certain individuals with a minimum of ten years experience in public school districts or certain nonpublic schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 456 Not Rated |
English language learners; increase funding to districts with 20% or more enrolled student population comprised of. | Dead | ||
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HB 457 Not Rated |
Mississippi English Language Learners Scholarship Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 458 Not Rated |
English language learners; require waivers of accountability for districts with 25% of enrollment being. | Dead | ||
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HB 472 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; revise alternate route to allow certain individuals to receive. | Dead | ||
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HB 474 Not Rated |
Home schooled students; authorize participation in therapy services available through local school district. | Dead | ||
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HB 475 Not Rated |
School Immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religous beliefs. | Dead | ||
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HB 487 Neutral |
County and public libraries; repeal certain provisions related to. | Alive | ||
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HB 489 Not Rated |
School athletic trainers; provide annual salary supplement for those acquiring national certification. | Dead | ||
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HB 501 Not Rated |
Education waivers; provide for schools relative to the Statewide Testing Program; accountability ratings and Literacy-Based Promotion assessments. | Dead | ||
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HB 502 Not Rated |
Assistant Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; revise to increase financial assistance to those pursuing teacher licensure. | Dead | ||
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HB 504 Neutral |
Commission on School Accreditation; clarify membership composition. | Alive | ||
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HB 513 Not Rated |
Nonpublic schools; authorize those accredited by a regional agency to use criminal background check procedures as public schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 515 Not Rated |
Council on the Prevention of School Shootings; create to develop center in A.G.'s office to monitor online activity. | Dead | ||
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HB 522 Not Rated |
Mental health screenings and assessments; require in all public schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 529 Not Rated |
Accountability rating system; revise to provide for method of accommodating certain students with cognitive disabilities and dropouts. | Dead | ||
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HB 532 Not Rated |
U.S. History end-of-course subject area test; remove requirement for the administration for purpose of graduation. | Dead | ||
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HB 540 Not Rated |
State Department of Education; require to conduct sampling of material used on the U.S. History end-of-course assessment. | Dead | ||
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HB 541 Not Rated |
Children of school employees; allow to attend school in district of parent's or legal guardian's employ. | Dead | ||
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HB 542 Not Rated |
Online Career-track Program; authorize school districts to create and accept out-of-district students for enrollment in. | Dead | ||
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HB 559 Not Rated |
Public schools; require toll-free number for reporting abuse and neglect to be posted in all. | Dead | ||
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HB 575 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching Route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees. | Dead | ||
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HB 617 Not Rated |
State Department of Education; develop central reporting system for school district data mandated by U.S. Department of Education. | Dead | ||
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HB 633 Neutral |
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools. | Alive | ||
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HB 656 Not Rated |
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts. | Dead | ||
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HB 657 Not Rated |
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts and provide opt out provision. | Dead | ||
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HB 662 Not Rated |
Teachers' and teacher assistants' salaries; provide for $1,500.00 increase. | Dead | ||
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HB 665 Not Rated |
School boards; require itemized report of central office expenditures to be included in notice for increase in ad valorem taxes. | Dead | ||
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HB 671 Not Rated |
Lottery Proceeds Fund; provide that 10% shall be used by MDE for school improvements. | Dead | ||
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HB 672 Not Rated |
Lottery Proceeds Fund; provide that 10% shall be used by MDE for the purposes of funding teacher pay raises. | Dead | ||
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HB 679 Not Rated |
Teacher education program and licensure requirements; remove the option for a 21 ACT score (or SAT equivalent) for eligibility. | Dead | ||
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HB 682 Not Rated |
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day. | Dead | ||
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HB 694 Not Rated |
Home rule improvement; enact for local school districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 701 Not Rated |
Public school curriculum; require instruction in mental illness as part of Health Education. | Dead | ||
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HB 702 Neutral |
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill conforms notice of non-reemployment requirements that already exist for teachers and administrators to include assistant teachers with a date consistent with budgeting for those positions. | ||||
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HB 708 Not Rated |
School districts; require each school to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | ||
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HB 709 Not Rated |
AEDs; require at public schools and state institutions of higher learning and provide authority to lease. | Dead | ||
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HB 710 Not Rated |
School districts; require all schools to have epinephrine auto-injectors in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | ||
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HB 720 Not Rated |
Compulsory school age; revise definition to include children who attain the age of five years before September 1. | Dead | ||
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HB 732 Not Rated |
Active shooter training; require school districts employees to attend every three years. | Dead | ||
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HB 736 Not Rated |
Family dynamics; include in public school curriculum as a required component. | Dead | ||
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HB 739 Not Rated |
Statewide testing program; require tests to be translated and printed into primary spoken language of ELL students. | Dead | ||
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HB 754 Neutral |
Dyslexia education; revise provisions for determining student eligibility for IEP or 504 Plan. | Alive | ||
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HB 756 Not Rated |
Teacher and administrator license; deny or revoke for those who physically abuse a student. | Dead | ||
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HB 757 Not Rated |
Video surveillance cameras; require in certain areas of school facilities for protection of exceptional children. | Dead | ||
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HB 759 Not Rated |
Child abuse hotline; require schools to post in clearly visible location. | Dead | ||
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HB 760 Not Rated |
Corporal punishment; require school districts that allow to adopt a policy allowing parents to opt in. | Dead | ||
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HB 766 Not Rated |
Children of school employees; allow to attend school in district of parent's or legal guardian's employment. | Dead | ||
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HB 771 Not Rated |
School boards; elect members at presidential election for 4-year term. | Dead | ||
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HB 772 Not Rated |
Critical Teacher Shortage Program; require State Board of Education to categorize shortages by school attendance zones within school districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 789 Not Rated |
School buses; require 20% of those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts. | Dead | ||
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HB 801 Not Rated |
Special education funds; require separate appropriation to the State Board of Education for. | Dead | ||
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HB 805 Not Rated |
Sex education; require SDE and Department of Health to develop list of approved curricula to be used in schools and revise every five years. | Dead | ||
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HB 831 Not Rated |
Educator and administrator misconduct; clarify provisions for disciplinary matters and administrative procedures and appeals. | Dead | ||
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HB 850 Not Rated |
Career and technical education; establish accountability system and evaluate performance of State Superintendent of Education. | Dead | ||
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HB 851 Not Rated |
Charter schools; revise certain provisions of. | Dead | ||
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HB 852 Neutral |
Teachers' and teacher's assistants' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 853 Good Policy |
Charter schools; revise deadlines for certain reporting requirements and to allow certain teacher units to those in first year of operation. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill conforms reporting requirements which will increase efficiency and possibly effectiveness. In addition, this allocates one teacher unit for Gifted and Special Education per school upon initial operation which ensures equal access to public resources in this regard. | ||||
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HB 855 Not Rated |
Nonlicensed teachers; authorize local school districts to employ certain number to fill core subject area positions. | Dead | ||
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HB 856 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation. | Dead | ||
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HB 857 Not Rated |
Active shooter training; require school district employees to attend every three years. | Dead | ||
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HB 859 Not Rated |
High school curriculum; require SBE to develop for instruction in civics and home economics. | Dead | ||
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HB 860 Not Rated |
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school. | Dead | ||
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HB 865 Not Rated |
Student absenteeism; excuse those related to a student's disability. | Dead | ||
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HB 866 Not Rated |
At risk funds; require maximum flexibility to school districts in use of and accounting for. | Dead | ||
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HB 878 Not Rated |
MS Teachers' Salaries Task Force; create to recommend how state can pay teachers at southeastern average. | Dead | ||
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HB 879 Not Rated |
Education Employment Procedures Law; include assistant teachers under. | Dead | ||
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HB 881 Not Rated |
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students. | Dead | ||
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HB 893 Not Rated |
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurse to teach. | Dead | ||
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HB 924 Not Rated |
Public purchasing law; revise to provide that reverse auction shall be used by certain schools and districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 925 Not Rated |
School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include refillable water bottle stations. | Dead | ||
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HB 948 Not Rated |
School Resource Officers; revise MCOPS grant program to require attendance at any accredited law enforcement academy. | Dead | ||
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HB 950 Not Rated |
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period for recitation of the 'Lord's Prayer' at the beginning of each school day. | Dead | ||
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HB 958 Not Rated |
Home economics; require to be taught in 'D' and 'F' rated school districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 960 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; require to visit homes of certain children within 72 hours of unexcused absence. | Dead | ||
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HB 962 Not Rated |
Homework; require teachers to incorporate daily and weekly assignments into their curriculum. | Dead | ||
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HB 966 Not Rated |
Mathematics and science instruction; enhance through new programs in middle schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 969 Not Rated |
The 'Tim Tebow Act'; enact to authorize home-schooled student to participate in public school extracurricular activities. | Dead | ||
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HB 980 Not Rated |
Summer Youth Training Employment Program; authorize school districts to establish. | Dead | ||
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HB 981 Not Rated |
Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program; establish to authorize agreements between assistant teachers and school districts for cost of teacher preparation program. | Dead | ||
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HB 986 Not Rated |
Elementary professional school counselors; allocate funds under Mississippi Adequate Education Program for. | Dead | ||
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HB 988 Not Rated |
Assistant teachers; provide annual salary supplement in C, D and F school districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 990 Not Rated |
School districts; require certain policies and alternative curriculum if accountability rating at three lowest levels. | Dead | ||
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HB 991 Not Rated |
School Recognition Program; restrict awards to teachers and licensed staff and require SBE to adopt rules for administration. | Dead | ||
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HB 1022 Not Rated |
Compulsory school attendance; require youth court petition after third unlawful absence and authorize community service for violations. | Dead | ||
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HB 1023 Not Rated |
Eleventh Grade students; require to take GED or High School Equivalency Test for senior early-release privilege eligibility. | Dead | ||
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HB 1024 Not Rated |
First grade enrollment; allow child who turns six on or before December 31 to start at beginning of that school year. | Dead | ||
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HB 1025 Not Rated |
State Board of Education; require to develop curriculum and implement programs of conflict resolution. | Dead | ||
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HB 1027 Not Rated |
School attendance; require for children unable to score a 21 or higher on the ACT until the child reaches 18 years of age. | Dead | ||
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HB 1035 Not Rated |
Virtual public schools; create pilot program for districts to create and accept out of district students for enrollment. | Dead | ||
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HB 1047 Neutral |
Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill enables salary incentives for increased education and training attainment by certain individuals employed in our public schools. Government should work to find innovative spending policies focused on performance. | ||||
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HB 1052 Not Rated |
Statewide assessment program; discontinue all standardized tests except for single test in Grades 3, 8 and 11. | Dead | ||
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HB 1053 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; establish alternative routes to five-year license due to critical teacher shortage. | Dead | ||
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HB 1068 Not Rated |
School recognition program; bring forward. | Dead | ||
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HB 1071 Not Rated |
School curriculum; require teaching of certain high school subjects in 'C', 'D' and 'F' rated districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 1072 Not Rated |
Teacher salaries; authorize supplement for teachers in critical shortage subject areas in D and F districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 1101 Not Rated |
School boards powers and duties; expand to require boards to exercise all reasonable efforts to ensure 16th section land lessees pay taxes on leased lands. | Dead | ||
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HB 1115 Not Rated |
Average daily attendance; dispense with calculating for 2021-2022 school year and use ADA from 2020-2021 school year. | Dead | ||
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HB 1117 Not Rated |
Statewide educational assessments; lower minimum passing score on certain tests for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years. | Dead | ||
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HB 1120 Not Rated |
High school curriculum; implement instruction in traditional vocational agricultural and forestry education, civics and home economics. | Dead | ||
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HB 1123 Bad Policy |
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government spending. A child's education, especially small children in their early stages of learning, is first and foremost the responsibility of parents. Expanding “Early Learning” is not fiscally responsible at this time. Furthermore, government should work to encourage family cohesion and parental responsibility not continually expand programs that provide safety nets for individuals’ choices. | ||||
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HB 1125 Not Rated |
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and trauma informed training. | Dead | ||
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HB 1126 Not Rated |
Keep Our Kids on Track Act of 2021; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 1127 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; require to receive training on IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | Dead | ||
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HB 1128 Not Rated |
Habitually disruptive student; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after second incident of disruptive behavior. | Dead | ||
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HB 1133 Not Rated |
CTE students; provide tuition-free instruction and increased financial assistance for industry certification assessment. | Dead | ||
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HB 1151 Not Rated |
School enrollment; authorize child transferred to out of school district to remain enrolled after parent's retirement from that school. | Dead | ||
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HB 1161 Not Rated |
Mississippi Law Enforcement Interaction Course Act; enact for implementation in public school curriculum. | Dead | ||
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HB 1178 Not Rated |
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger. | Dead | ||
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HB 1179 Neutral |
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill attempts to consolidate and streamline Mississippi's education repayment programs. | ||||
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HB 1185 Not Rated |
Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students. | Dead | ||
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HB 1187 Not Rated |
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after second incident of disruptive behavior. | Dead | ||
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HB 1214 Not Rated |
Charter schools; reconstitute authorizer board and require formula to ensure equitable distribution of local funds. | Dead | ||
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HB 1243 Not Rated |
State Superintendent of Public Education; align salary of to no more than 150% of Governor's salary. | Dead | ||
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HB 1244 Not Rated |
MAEP; remove the requirement for collection of fees in lieu of taxes as a portion of local contribution requirement. | Dead | ||
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HB 1254 Not Rated |
2021 Mississippi Education Task Force; create to review state regulations and accountability system. | Dead | ||
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HB 1257 Not Rated |
Public school athletics; establish study committee to evaluate transferring administration to local governments. | Dead | ||
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HB 1285 Not Rated |
Stay on Track Act of 2021; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 1294 Not Rated |
Socialism curriculum; require to be included in public secondary and postsecondary schools. | Dead | ||
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SB 2001 Bad Policy |
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases teachers’ salaries $1,000 in addition to the annual “step” increase already provided in the teacher pay scale and given to every teacher every year. This bill would provide the third pay increase since 2014. The 2014 and 2019 increases amount to an additional $176.9 million dollars needed every year. Adding another pay increase is simply not fiscally responsible during the middle of a pandemic when so many Mississippians face severe economic hardship and total lack of employment. Our government should focus on directing necessary resources to recovery efforts while maintaining a balanced budget to insure the economic stability of our state as a whole. | ||||
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SB 2149 Neutral |
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill prevents school districts from losing money due to reduced attendance during COVID. The bigger problem is that Miss. uses an outdated method for counting students: Average Daily Attendance (ADA). Instead of putting off the inevitable need to replace Average Daily Attendance with a better way of counting – and funding -- students, lawmakers should explore replacing ADA with a formula based on enrollment counts. This would result in more equitable and accurate funding decisions. | ||||
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SB 2267 Good Policy |
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill builds upon the idea of interstate licensure reciprocity. It eliminates unnecessary criteria when granting reciprocity to out of state license holders thereby increasing government efficiency in filling vacant teacher positions. This bill also increases government accountability by establishing a specific timeframe for responsive action by MDE while maintaining the safety of our public education students. | ||||
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SB 2305 Not Rated |
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2307 Neutral |
Dyslexia Awareness Training Program; require teachers to complete two hours of training for. | Dead | ||
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SB 2527 Not Rated |
Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on. | Dead | ||
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SB 2664 Bad Policy |
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; prescribe standards and benchmarks. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government spending on preschool programs. However, this bill includes a clause clarifying that the funding is subject to availability of funds while simultaneously significantly strengthening accountability measures for those programs. | ||||
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SB 2678 Not Rated |
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools. | Dead | ||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |