MS HB228

Establishes an Administrative School District Receivership Program allowing "A"-rated school districts to assume administrative control of adjacent "D" or "F" rated districts that fail to improve for two consecutive years.

Requires the State Board of Education to evaluate all employees in acquired failing districts within 90 days and authorizes termination of the superintendent and abolition of the board of trustees of the failing district.

Creates the Administrative School District Receivership Program Fund with a maximum of $1,000,000 in appropriations, limiting individual districts of receivership to $200,000 per acquired failing district.

Requires tax collectors to transfer per-pupil pro rata shares of local ad valorem school maintenance funds directly from failing districts to the districts of receivership beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.

Grants acquired failing districts a two-year waiver from accountability and state assessment requirements for newly enrolled student populations and requires special elections by the Governor to fill school board vacancies when districts are released from administrative receivership.