2022 Regular Session
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HB 43 Not Rated |
Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements. | Dead | ||
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HB 522 Not Rated |
Nonpublic schools; authorize those accredited by a regional agency to use criminal background check procedures as used by public schools. | Dead | ||
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HB 526 Not Rated |
'Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act'; revise definition of 'eligible student' and 'eligible school' to include students with a dyslexia diagnosis. | Dead | ||
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HB 530 Bad Policy |
The 'Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022'; create. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases teacher pay to $41,500. This is a major increase to the state budget and is not fiscally responsible. | ||||
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HB 591 Not Rated |
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District Innovation. | Dead | ||
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HB 818 Not Rated |
MS Computer Science and Cyber Education Equality Act; authorize certified or classified staff to provide instruction under. | Dead | ||
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HB 832 Not Rated |
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training. | Dead | ||
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HB 879 Not Rated |
Education Enhancement Fund; revise date of issuance of classroom supply procurement cards. | Dead | ||
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HB 881 Good Policy |
University-based programs of education for children with developmental disabilities; revise certain provisions. | Alive | ||
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HB 884 Not Rated |
'Accelerate Mississippi Scholarship Program'; establish to provide student with financial assistance for advanced education courses. | Dead | ||
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HB 885 Not Rated |
Education Enhancement Fund; authorize DFA to issue digital solutions and credentials for use for classroom supply allotments. | Dead | ||
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HB 1059 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure and certification; revise qualifications for receipt of and entry into educator preparation programs. | Dead | ||
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HB 1168 Not Rated |
Gifted education; require school districts to provide for students in Grades 7 and 8. | Dead | ||
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HB 1170 Not Rated |
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; expand to allow certified academic language therapists (CALT); to provide dyslexia therapy services. | Dead | ||
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HB 1213 Not Rated |
School ad valorem tax levy; authorize levying authority for certain districts to approve/disapprove request for certain increases. | Dead | ||
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HB 1239 Not Rated |
School security guard/resource officer; must have required peace officer training to exercise peace officer powers. | Dead | ||
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HB 1240 Neutral |
MCOPS programs; authorize training for to provide at any approved training academy in the state. | Dead | ||
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HB 1246 Not Rated |
'Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013'; revise funding for. | Dead | ||
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HB 1312 Not Rated |
'Equity in Distance Learning Act'; revise certain provisions of. | Dead | ||
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HB 1340 Not Rated |
Family Engagement Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program; require MDE to establish as a component of the ELC Act of 2013. | Dead | ||
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HB 1388 Good Policy |
Comprehensive Career and Technical Reform Act; create. | Alive | ||
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HB 1394 Not Rated |
Dual Credit Community College Scholarship Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 1416 Good Policy |
Students in public schools; allow to participate in political activities with certain restrictions. | Alive | ||
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SB 2043 Not Rated |
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2047 Not Rated |
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants. | Dead | ||
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SB 2048 Not Rated |
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2098 Not Rated |
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade. | Dead | ||
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SB 2101 Not Rated |
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all. | Dead | ||
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SB 2102 Not Rated |
Education Enhancement Fund; require schools to issue teachers credentials for a digital solution or procurement card. | Dead | ||
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SB 2103 Not Rated |
School attendance officer; require to attend training for understanding children with disabilities. | Dead | ||
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SB 2104 Not Rated |
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior. | Dead | ||
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SB 2105 Not Rated |
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2106 Not Rated |
School boards; prohibit teaching of divisive concepts or the promotion of division between students based off of race. | Dead | ||
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SB 2112 Not Rated |
Teacher licenses; allow teachers with international teacher licenses reciprocity. | Dead | ||
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SB 2113 Good Policy |
Critical Race Theory; prohibit. | Alive | ||
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SB 2171 Not Rated |
'Critical race theory'; prohibit teaching of and expenditure of public funds for. | Dead | ||
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SB 2172 Not Rated |
Discrimination or affirmative action programs; prohibit in State of Mississippi. | Dead | ||
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SB 2177 Not Rated |
School attendance location of students; allow students to transfer to other school districts subject to availability and approval. | Dead | ||
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SB 2181 Not Rated |
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools. | Dead | ||
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SB 2182 Not Rated |
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund. | Dead | ||
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SB 2186 Not Rated |
Salary of State Superintendent of Education; shall not exceed salary of the Governor. | Dead | ||
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SB 2360 Not Rated |
Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if having 30 years of creditable service. | Dead | ||
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SB 2415 Not Rated |
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; bring forward statutes for possible amendment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2416 Neutral |
Unused leave accumulated by teacher who transfers to another school district; allow to be credited. | Dead | ||
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SB 2420 Not Rated |
Required local revenue in support of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program; revise computation of fee in lieu of taxes. | Dead | ||
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SB 2422 Good Policy |
Teacher procurement cards; revise deadlines to ensure teachers receive no later than September 1 of each year. | Alive | ||
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SB 2423 Neutral |
Teacher license; allow supplemental endorsement and revise provisions of issuance. | Dead | ||
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SB 2424 Good Policy |
School district employee payroll; allow monthly or bimonthly payments. | Alive | ||
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SB 2425 Not Rated |
State Superintendent of Public Education and Director of the Community College Board; set maximum salaries. | Dead | ||
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SB 2426 Not Rated |
Alternative school; student placement not to exceed time limitation without first performing reassessment on placement. | Dead | ||
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SB 2428 Not Rated |
District of Innovation Task Force of 2022; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2429 Not Rated |
School recognition program; bring forward for possible amendment to salary supplements. | Dead | ||
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SB 2430 Neutral |
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; create for purpose of improving educational facilities. | Alive | ||
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SB 2431 Neutral |
Procedure for the purchase of textbooks by the State Board of Education; revise provisions of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2432 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; revise salary provisions. | Dead | ||
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SB 2434 Not Rated |
The Academic Transparency Act of 2022; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2435 Not Rated |
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state. | Dead | ||
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SB 2438 Not Rated |
Mississippi Financial Literacy Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2439 Not Rated |
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters. | Dead | ||
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SB 2441 Not Rated |
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define' child with a disability' for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence. | Dead | ||
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SB 2442 Not Rated |
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and mental-wellness training. | Dead | ||
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SB 2443 Not Rated |
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements. | Dead | ||
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SB 2444 Bad Policy |
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: Instead of passing out raises in a year with a 2 plus billion dollar excess revenue the State should seek to use that money to eliminate the state income tax without raising the sales tax. | ||||
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SB 2674 Not Rated |
Licensed educators; provide appeal rights when license suspended or revoked. | Dead | ||
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SB 2675 Not Rated |
Charter school funding; revise funding formula. | Dead | ||
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SB 2677 Not Rated |
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District; allow to construct school on sixteenth section land. | Dead | ||
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SB 2678 Not Rated |
Mental health days; allow limited leave for teachers. | Dead | ||
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SB 2679 Not Rated |
'Transparency in Education Act'; prohibit certain curriculum in public schools without parental consent. | Dead | ||
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SB 2680 Not Rated |
High school graduation; end-of-course assessments required by federal law shall only be required. | Dead | ||
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SB 2681 Not Rated |
Local school district-issued computers; require content filtering. | Dead | ||
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SB 2682 Not Rated |
Prekindergarten programs; increase funding for second and third phase. | Dead | ||
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SB 2683 Not Rated |
Compulsory school attendance law; require appliance to kindergarten age children. | Dead | ||
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SB 2684 Not Rated |
Social studies high school graduation requirements; revise. | Dead | ||
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SB 2685 Not Rated |
Mississippi Year Round School Grant Program. | Dead | ||
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SB 2686 Not Rated |
Assistant teachers; provide 'C,' 'D' and 'F' districts with additional. | Dead | ||
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SB 2687 Not Rated |
Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an 'F'-designated school. | Dead | ||
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SB 2688 Not Rated |
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase and implement plan to fund at the southeastern average. | Dead | ||
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SB 2689 Not Rated |
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds. | Dead | ||
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SB 2696 Not Rated |
School employee leave days; allow seven additional for infectious disease quarantine. | Dead | ||
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SB 2701 Not Rated |
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical. | Dead | ||
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SB 2702 Not Rated |
'Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act;' revise definition of 'eligible student' and 'eligible school.' | Dead | ||
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SB 2703 Not Rated |
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all. | Dead | ||
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SB 2704 Not Rated |
Civic literacy requirement for high school students; require before enrolling in college or university in this state. | Dead | ||
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SB 2706 Not Rated |
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation. | Dead | ||
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SB 2707 Not Rated |
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund. | Dead | ||
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SB 2730 Not Rated |
Board certified occupational therapist employed by schools; allow to be eligible for salary supplement. | Dead | ||
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SB 2850 Not Rated |
School districts and political subdivisions; prohibit from implementing mask and Covid vaccine mandates. | Dead | ||
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SB 2881 Not Rated |
Parents' Bill of Rights; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2882 Not Rated |
Standard teacher license; revise certain provisions of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2883 Not Rated |
Exceptional students with significant developmental disabilities and complex communication needs; clarify pathways. | Dead | ||
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SB 2884 Not Rated |
Equity in Distance Learning Act; revise certain provisions of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2885 Neutral |
Partnership between Energy High School Academy and Vicksburg Warren and Claiborne school districts; extend date of repeal on. | Alive | ||
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SB 2886 Not Rated |
Public school option; allow parent of a student to enroll student in school with certified academic language therapist. | Dead | ||
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SB 2887 Neutral |
School Boards; allow to purchase electric vehicles for student transportation. | Alive | ||
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SB 2892 Not Rated |
Charter schools; amend certain provisions of law relating to. | Dead | ||
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SN 5 Not Rated |
William O. (Bill) Jacobs, Brookhaven, Mississippi, State Board of Education, unexpired portion of a nine year term effective immediately and ending June 30, 2024, vice Dr. Jason Dean. | Alive | ||
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SN 25 Not Rated |
Dr. Karen J. Morgan (Karen) Elam, Oxford, Mississippi, State Board of Education, nine year term beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2030, representing the Third Supreme Court District. | Alive | ||
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SN 26 Not Rated |
Matthew David (Matt) Miller, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, State Board of Education, unexpired nine year term effective May 18, 2021 and ending June 30, 2029, representing the Second Supreme Court District. | Alive | ||
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SN 74 Not Rated |
Gwendolyn Gayle (Wendi) Barrett, Ph.D., Biloxi, Mississippi, State Board of Education as the Schoolteacher representative, unexpired nine year term effective May 19, 2021 and ending June 30, 2027, vice Brittney Perry Rye. | Alive | ||
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SN 93 Not Rated |
Lee Alexander Durrett, New Albany, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board to represent the Third Supreme Court District, unexpired balance of the three year term ending August 31, 2023, vice Ms. Carolyn Willis. | Alive | ||
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SN 148 Not Rated |
Mary C. Werner, Saltillo, Mississippi, State Board of Education, term pending. | Dead | ||
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SN 152 Not Rated |
Mary C. Werner, Saltillo, Mississippi, State Board of Education, unexpired term beginning June 14, 2021 and expiring September 30, 2026, vice Sean Suggs. | Dead | ||
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SN 153 Not Rated |
Jennifer Jackson Whittier, Brookhaven, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, term effective July 1, 2022 and ending August 30, 2022. | Alive | ||
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SN 154 Not Rated |
Jennifer Jackson Whittier, Brookhaven, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, term effective August 31, 2022 and ending August 30, 2025. | Alive | ||
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SN 155 Not Rated |
Kimberly Remak, Olive Branch, Mississippi, Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, term effective August 31, 2022 and ending August 30, 2025. | Alive | ||
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SN 156 Not Rated |
Mary C. Werner, Saltillo, Mississippi, State Board of Education, unexpired term beginning June 14, 2021 and ending June 30, 2026, vice Sean Suggs. | Alive | ||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |