MS HB190

School districts with accountability ratings in the three lowest levels must adopt policies requiring daily homework, daily reading assignments with written comprehension assessments, manuscript and cursive writing instruction, minimum five spelling words per subject weekly, and one book per subject monthly with written reports.

Low-performing districts must require school uniforms for students, professional dress codes for teachers (prohibiting jeans and tee shirts), parent participation in one school support service, and parent-teacher conferences at mid-nine-week terms for struggling students.

Low-performing districts may only observe Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Spring Break, and Good Friday holidays; permanent early release days are prohibited.

Alternative schools in low-performing districts must operate minimum eight hours daily and eight hours on Saturdays ("Attitude Adjustment Day") with community volunteers including retired military, first responders, and mentors; students may participate in community service programs.

All school districts must implement a video streaming program with the U.S. Department of Labor to develop career-track curricula based on the five fastest-growing occupations in Mississippi and twenty fastest-growing nationally over the next five years, satisfying graduation requirements for a standard diploma.