MS HB209

Requires school districts receiving a Level 3 or below rating on the Mississippi Report Card to implement mandatory school uniforms and gender-separated classrooms beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.

Mandates implementation of home economics and social usage classes for middle school students, hiring of school resource officers and counselors, and daily homework assignments from kindergarten through Grade 12.

Requires districts to offer distance learning in mathematics, science, home economics, social usage, and business/entrepreneurship if competent teachers are unavailable.

Mandates business and finance classes including an entrepreneurship competition, and mandatory spelling bees, mathematics bees, and science bees in every class.

Effective July 1, 2016.