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University-based program; clarify funding allocations under the total funding formula.
School districts; revise certain provisions regarding sale or lease of unused property.
Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act; expand CTE incentive grant purposes, and extend repealer.
MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.
School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics.
Mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (MS ROSS) Act; create to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies.
Teacher licensure; revise provisions related to educator preparation programs and criteria for entry.
Public schools; require to adopt policies to educate students about the dangers of social media and predators.
Student transportation; revise manner of for students on vehicles other than school buses.
MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.
Teacher pay; increase for teachers and assistant teachers.
Pupil transportation; provide discretionary authority to local school boards to provide for those who live within one mile of the school.
School districts; require evaluation of and reporting on costs associated with technology acquisition.
State of emergency; provide exception for school districts impacted by "Winter Storm Fern" to be allowed up to 15 days of hold harmless.
Students with disabilities; remove requirement for signing of a confidentiality pledge before mediation begins in alignment with federal law.
Mississippi Student Funding Formula; bring forward provisions related to.
Early childhood education employees; clarify qualifications exemption for those employed in programs not granted by SDE.
Student enrollment; require automobile registration as proof of residency.
"MS Charter School Act of 2013"; bring forward provisions related to.
Efficiency and Transparency; revise certain laws to increase through state government.
School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.
CTE; remove stipulation that only certain programs leading to industry certification are considered for statewide accountability.
"Mississippi Educational Freedom Program Act of 2026"; establish to provide greater flexibility and opportunity for school choice.
Closed schools; revise certain provisions regarding repurposing of.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school.
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise provisions concerning.
Building Regional Infrastructure for Diverse Growth in Education (BRIDGE) Act; enact.
J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act; enact.
Total funding formula; increase gifted education weight and multiplier, and include 7th- and 8th-grade students in CTE weight.
Regional educational service agencies; specify authority for bulk purchasing.
Literacy in Grades 4 through 8; develop intervention strategies to support the promotion of.
Don Triplett Act; enact to create ombudsman office in State Department of Education.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plan; revise to include airway clearance devices.
Mississippi Math Act; enact.
Education; require public schools to adopt policies prohibiting or restricting cell phone possession or use by students in class.
Education Enhancement Fund; revise date of issuance and distribution of procurement cards or digital solutions for classroom supplies.
School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.
Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release.
School teachers, assistant teachers, and college faculty; raise pay of.
Retired educators; revise provisions regarding return to work as teachers.
Charter school teachers; limit exemption from educational qualifications to programs not receiving grants from MDE.
School and district consolidation; create plan with help of Standing Commission on School District Efficiency.
Commission on School Accreditation; task with governing professional conduct of school board members.
Juvenile felony arrests; require notification to juvenile's school district by local law enforcement.
Winter-Reed Loan Repayment Program; provide awards for assistant teachers.
First Steps Early Intervention Program under Part C of Federal IDEA; State Department of Education meet state compliance under.
Early learning collaboratives; transfer State Invested Pre-K (SIP) Program monies and participants to.
Charter schools and districts of innovation; amend certain provisions concerning.
Public schools; provide salary supplement for certified strength and conditioning coaches meeting certain requirements.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
High school student-athletes; allow one transfer without penalty or loss of eligibility.
I Believe Act; enact to require school boards to adopt policies on daily, voluntary student prayer and Bible reading.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; revise definition of "dyslexia."
Public school districts; require implementation of a success sequence and character education curriculum in.
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise standards and procedures to include disability assessment.
Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.
Mississippi Open to Religion Act; enact.
Charter schools; bring forward code section regarding payments from State Department of Education.
School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop a salary schedule that all school districts shall use when employing.
"Mississippi Natural Hair Care School"; create.
Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue, and Excellence (THRIVE) Act; enact.
PERS; change separation requirement for retired teachers returning to work from 90 days to 30 days.
Public schools; revise provisions concerning transportation of students.
Education funding; update language, and revise multipliers for gifted education and CTE.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.
"Mississippi School Resource Officers Safety Act"; fund school security officers.
Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains.
MSMS; provide for hiring procedures and tenth-grade enrollment options.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; standardize reference to approved therapy training programs.
Behavoral Threat Assessment Program; require State Department of Education and Department of Mental Health to establish.
Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
School curricula; require inclusion of fetal development videos and graphics in grades 6-12.
The Students Safe at School Act; enact to provide for certain notice requirements for school shooting drills.
Prayer in school; expand protections and authorize school boards to designate specific periods for.
Exceptional children; authorize grant program for autism specialists, professional development and sensory supports.
School attendance officers; require training for IDEA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Study Committee on Mathematical Literacy; create.
Alyssa's Law; enact to require public schools to implement a panic alert system making use of wearable panic alert devices.
Receipts from taxes for school purposes; bring forward code section related to.
Public schools; revise accountability framework.
Public schools; require each school to employ licensed mental health counselor, with whom students shall meet once a year.
Mississippi Open to Religion Act; enact.
Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013; bring forward.
Schools; enhance MDE and district efficiency, modify charter school board terms, and revise local contribution calculation.
School behavior modification plans; revise definitions, standards and procedures concerning disability.
Mississippi Get to School and Stay Safe Act of 2026; enact.
School-based clinics and school nurses; direct State Department of Education to establish minimum standards and salary schedule.
Recess for elementary school students; require.
Mississippi Safe Schools Information-Sharing Act of 2026; enact.
Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.
Personal electronic device; restrict use in classroom.
School classrooms; authorize Christian Bible to be kept in and enforce daily recitation of pledge.
Unconstitutional foreign laws; forbid local enforcement, subject to denial of transferee school district funding.
Student 24/7 Teletherapy Pilot Project; establish within the State Department of Education.
High school graduation requirements; require civics course to graduate.
Student School Stewardship Pilot Program; establish.
Mississippi Study Committee on Alternative Student Assessment Models; create.
Exceptional children; authorize public school districts to provide sensory rooms and equipment.
Public schools; allow voluntary prayer, require Ten Commandments to be displayed, and require certain size of U.S. flag.
Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act; enact to raise teacher salaries.
Public education; provide annual salary supplement to certain occupational therapists.
School employee salary supplement; provide for occupational therapists, behavior analysts and school psychologists.
Public school technology inventory; require State Board of Education and local school boards to report annually regarding.
Education Leadership Accountability Act; create a removal process for school board members who undermine student safety.
Student transfers; provide funding to district for receiving student from district rated "F" last 2 consecutive school years.
High school graduation requirements; include passing score on U.S. citizenship test.
Released time courses; authorize for public school students to attend off campus religious or moral instruction for credit.
School extracurricular events, authorize teachers and one guest to attend for free.
Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activity within their school district.
School board members; authorize grounds and prescribe procedures for removal from office.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Charter schools; require to compile and release same data as noncharter public schools.
Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of school every day.
Students with disabilities; require public school districts to implement comprehensive safe-school plans and training.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Education; require public schools to adopt policies prohibiting or restricting cell phone possession or use by students in class.
Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify "active duty" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers.
16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.
Public Records Act; exempt school district test security plans for administration of Statewide Student Assessment Program.
"Mississippi Student Funding Formula"; revise to clarify certain provisions related to.
Vocational education; modify description of programs eligible for payments out of state appropriations.
State JROTC Coordinator; exempt from qualification requirements of the State Personnel Board.
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; correct reference to statutory provision for the U.S. Code.
Energy Academy Act; extend repealer on authority of Vicksburg-Warren & Claiborne County schools to partner with nuclear plant.
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.
Aeronautics, Geospatial, Engineering, Nursing and Technical Skills (AGENTS) of Excellence Program Act; create to improve academic and workforce outcomes.
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; remove wait list requirement and restrictive certification of services language.
School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.
Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to create for all public school students in Grades 6-8.
MS Charter School Act of 2013; revise to expand opportunities for establishment of charter schools in certain districts.
School districts under states of emergency; clarify role of interim superintendent appointed by the SBE when district returns to local control.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.
Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.
Early childhood education employees; clarify qualifications exemption for those employed in programs not granted by SDE.
School business officers; establish mentorship program for.
School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop salary schedule for that all school districts shall use when employing.
Computer devices, equipment and adaptive devices; authorize school districts to sell to graduating senior at the residual value of such.
One Mississippi; require State Dept of Ed. to provide copies to every student in Grade 2 for instruction during "Read Across America Week."
CTE; remove stipulation that only certain programs leading to industry certification are considered for the statewide accountability system and diploma endorsements.
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
School District Administrative Efficiency and Joinder Task Force; create.
School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide.
Student transfers; provide greater access to open enrollment and remove requirement for home district approval of release.
Education Enhancement Fund procurement cards; bring forward provision related to.
"Tim Tebow Act"; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities.
Statewide Student Assessment Program; exempt test security plans for public records disclosure.
16th section land; remove board of supervisors from having to approve leases and substitute Secretary of State.
Education Scholarship Account Program; make certain changes to.
Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.
Education funding; update language, and include grades 7-8 in CTE multiplier for grades 9-12.
Standard educator licenses; revise requirements for.
Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Act of 2025; enact, and establish Executive Committee of ICCCY.
Interim superintendents; modify role when state of emergency is lifted.
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plan; revise to include airway clearance devices.
Public schools; allow retired administrators to return to work as teachers.
MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.
School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.
Education; require public schools to adopt policies prohibiting or restricting cell phone possession or use by students in class.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school.
Preschool and prekindergarten tax credit; expand for contributions to programs serving three-year-old children.
Fundamental rights of parents; codify.
Secondary school interscholastic athletics; establish property interest in, and guarantee due process.
State Workforce Investment Board; make technical changes to provisions related thereto.
Ten Commandments and historical documents; require display in public schools and postsecondary educational institutions.
School districts; require Legislature's approval as condition for use of certain federal funds.
The Academic Transparency Act of 2025; enact.
High school graduation requirements; require civics course to graduate.
School athletics and extracurricular activities; require SBE to review and recommend revisions for administration of.
Independent schools; authorize to contract with certain law enforcement entities to provide officers on school property.
School bonds; change threshold for issuance from 3/5 vote of qualified electors to majority vote.
School districts; alter boundaries between two districts impacted by the John C. Stennis Space Center buffer zone.
Partnership between Energy High School Academy and Vicksburg-Warren and Claiborne school districts; extend date of repeal on.
Supplemental pay and loan repayment programs; add salary supplement for school psychologists.
Public schools; provide for portability between.
School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop a salary schedule that all school districts shall use when employing.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Charter schools; bring forward code section regarding payments from State Department of Education.
State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test, and revise provisions.
School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics.
Juvenile felony arrests; require notification to juvenile's school district by local law enforcement.
Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of school every day.
Special education program; require parental consent.
Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activity within their school district.
Mississippi Regional Early/Middle College High School Act of 2025; enact.
Public schools; require to display Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Public school districts; require implementation of a success sequence and character education curriculum in.
Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
Mississippi Regional Early/Middle College High School Act of 2025; enact.
Department of Education; require to review information and make recommendations to improve school district effectiveness.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
School extracurricular events, authorize teachers and one guest to attend for free.
K-12 mandate character education program in public schools; define character traits.
Ad valorem tax increase for schools; require approval by levying authority before school board publishes election notice.
Public schools; require MDE and school districts to teach two genders as determined by chromosomes.
Mississippi Parental Assistance Ombudsman Act; enact to create ombudsman office in State Department of Education.
Released time courses; authorize for public school students to attend off campus religious or moral instruction for credit.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact.
School district enrollment choice; extend to National Guard members, regardless of children's residence.
Mississippi Securities Act of 2010; create Securities Investor Education Fund for investor education initiatives.
JROTC statewide coordinator; make position comparable to education program administrator or supervisor.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Education Scholarship Account Program; make certain changes to.
Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.
Mississippi Student Funding Formula; include grades 7-8 in career and technical education multiplier for grades 9-12.
School employee salary supplement; provide for occupational therapists, behavior analysts and school psychologists.
Alyssa's Law; enact to require school districts to implement a panic alert system making use of wearable panic alert devices.
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.
The Students Safe at School Act; enact to provide for certain notice requirements for school shooting drills.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; standardize reference to approved therapy training programs.
Charter schools; require to compile and release same data as noncharter public schools.
16th Section lands; revise leasing procedure for leases for oil, gas and mineral explorations.
Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019; make various updates to.
Charter school teachers; limit exemption from educational qualifications to programs not receiving grants from MDE.
School districts; require to employ licensed mental health counselors and support staff.
Special occupational diploma; re-authorize students having a disability as defined by federal IDEA to obtain.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
School bus drivers; provide annual salary supplement.
Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013; bring forward.
School attendance officers, State Superintendent of Education, Executive Director of Community College Board; set salaries.
Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board; set length of member terms, and revise per pupil allocations received.
School curriculum; allow public schools and charter schools to offer elective courses relating to certain religious texts.
High school student athletes; allow one transfer without penalty or loss of eligibility.
Patriotic societies; authorize principal to allow to speak to the student body on importance of civic duty.
Public schools; allow voluntary prayer, require Ten Commandments to be displayed, and require certain size of U.S. flag.
Free to Speak Law; enact.
United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation.
School resource officers; enhance provisions for.
Public schools; require school boards to adopt policy on bell-to-bell cell phone prohibition.
Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act; enact.
MAEP; revise funding formula.
"Seizure Safe Schools Act"; establish.
Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; extend repealer on educational scholarship accounts (ESA).
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; authorize entrance for purpose of facilitating mobility of teachers married to service members.
MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.
Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.
Newton Municipal School District; require election of board of trustees by population of the school district.
MS Charter School Act of 2013; bring forward for purposes of possible amendments.
Virtual public schools; authorize operation by certain educational providers or locally sponsored virtual public schools.
"Students Safe at School Act"; create to provide procedures for active shooter drills and simulations.
MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on.
State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions.
Failing schools; revise processes relating to being placed into a District of Transformation and abolishing the MS Achievement School District.
Failing schools and districts of transformation; revise certain provisions related thereto.
Certified Academic Language Therapists; allow to help instruct students with dyslexia in schools.
Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; revise residency requirements to allow transfers to another district of choice.
Expulsions; authorize aggregate reporting by State Department of Education of data relating to.
Assistant teachers; revise qualifications for employment.
Cardiac emergency response plans; require schools to implement and provide procedures and certain immunity related thereto.
Early Learning Collaborative Act; require the Department of Education to provide certain data on educational effects.
High school graduation requirements; allow sign language to be counted as a foreign language.
Preschool reporting requirements; revise technical provisions related thereto.
Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts; allow to speak to students regarding civic involvement with principal's approval.
Charter schools; set certain school accreditation rating requirements for renewal of charter.
Department of Education; to require to study and develop guidance on technology, nutrition and transportation.
Assistant teachers; revise certain licensure requirements.
Education data; authorize the Department of Education to report aggregate data in compliance with federal standards.
Local supplement for assistant teachers; prohibit school districts from reducing when given state minimum raise.
"Investing in the Needs of Students to Prioritize, Impact and Reform Education (INSPIRE) Act of 2024"; create.
Cardiac emergency response plan; require local school district to implement.
State JROTC Coordinator; exempt from qualification requirements of the State Personnel Board.
Workforce development; revise certain provisions related to.
16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing.
Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release.
SAVED; create study committee to determine establishing model school for failing schools in the Mississippi Delta.
Community Eligibility Provision of National School Lunch Program; require certain school districts to apply for.
Mississippi Teacher Residency Program; require Legislature to fund for fiscal year 2025.
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
National board certified occupational therapists and school psychologists; require salary supplement for public education employees.
MAEP; clarify classification of exceptional children in preschool for reporting and purposes of funding teacher units.
Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.
Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility criteria.
State Workforce Investment Board; make technical changes to provisions related thereto.
Preschool and prekindergarten tax credit; expand for contributions to programs serving three-year-old children.
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science; relocate to the campus of Mississippi State University.
The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; extend repealer.
Sixteenth section land; revise provisions regarding leasing when classified as agriculture.
Open enrollment; allow school district transfer if transferee board accepts, guarantee for active duty military children.
School employee salary supplement; provide for occupational therapists, behavior analysts and school psychologists.
School districts; require to implement mental health awareness into health education curriculum.
School superintendents; authorize school districts to elect and reinstate previous sections related thereto.
Educator preparation programs; require course in mental disturbance awareness and trauma-informed approaches.
Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.
Save Our Underfunded Local Schools (SOULS) Act; enact.
School districts; require to employ mental health professionals.
The Student Safe at School Act; enact to provide for certain notice requirements for school shooting drills.
School choice; authorize for "C," "D" and "F" rated schools, set certain procedures related thereto.
School districts; allow certain rural districts to exceed bonded indebtedness limit once.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.
High school graduation requirements; require civics course to graduate.
Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; revise residency requirements to allow transfers to another.
Department of Archives and History; authorize schools to receive waiver of certain preservation requirements.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; revise certain provisions related thereto.
Fund Rural Education Evenly Act (FREE) Act; enact.
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades six through twelve.
Public schools; allow voluntary prayer, require Ten Commandments be displayed, and require certain size of U.S. flag.
MHSAA; prohibit from requiring member school from charging more than $2.00 for admission into athletic events.
K-12 mandate character education program in public schools; define character traits.
School boards; delete staggered terms of members, require four-year terms, require election to be held during statewide election.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
16th section land; remove board of supervisors from having to approve leases and substitute Secretary of State.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
16th Section Lands, prohibit rent escalation from exceeding fair market value of land.
Boys scouts and Girl scouts; allow to speak to students regarding civic invovlement with principal's approval.
Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activity within their school district.
The Academic Transparency Act of 2024; enact.
Charter School Authorizer Board; reconstitute and revise membership terms, change charter school funding formulas.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Special occupational diploma; re-authorize students having a disability as defined by federal IDEA to obtain.
School attendance officers, State Superintendant of Education, Executive Director of Community College Board; set salaries.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define "child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.
School extracurricular events, authorize teachers and one guest to attend for free.
School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop salary schedule that all school districts shall use when employing.
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of school every day.
Schools; allow charter and public schools to accept religious leaders as volunteers to provide support to student-led groups.
Retired Teacher Return to Work Task Force; establish.
Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior.
Accumulated leave time for teachers; allow to transfer.
School enrollment; allow children of military servicemembers to transfer to any school district.
Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three-year-old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
Retired teachers; allow to return to teaching for a maximum of five years while receiving retirement benefits.
School attendance zones; allow students to transfer to other school districts subject to availability and approval.
16th Section lands; revise leasing procedure for leases for oil, gas and mineral explorations.
School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.
School emergency response mapping data program; establish.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; revise provisions of.
Patriotic societies; authorize principal to allow to speak to the student body on importance of civic duty.
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools.
School curriculum; allow public schools and charter schools to offer elective courses relating to certain religious texts.
United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation.
Schools; prohibit certain concepts in curriculum and provide punishment and appeal procedure.
School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Abstinence education; delete repealer on school board requirement to adopt a policy on abstinence-only or abstinence-plus.
Early Learning Collaborative; increase minimum funding levels for full-day and half-day programs.
School board members; increase pay.
Board for administration of certain failing school district; extend date of repeal.
Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in.
MS School Safety Guardian Act; create.
"Released-Time Moral Instruction Act of 2023"; enact to permit students to receive religious instruction during the school day.
Assistant teacher salaries; prohibit school districts from using any state-funded increase to substitute the local contribution.
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger.
Public schools; require staff training to assist with seizures.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; revise provisions of.
Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility criteria.
EEF procurement cards; authorize issuance to eligible charter school teachers.
Sixteenth Section lands; no law, ordinance or regulation shall prohibit school districts from using for educational facilities.
Agricultural high schools; revise board membership.
Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development.
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealers on statutes relating to sales tax distribution and state public school building fund.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; bring forward provision related to.
School employees; revise rate for payment for unused leave to unlicensed employees upon retirement.
Digital or online resources or databases; require vendors to verify technology protection for persons under 15.
Patriotic Education Grant Program; establish.
Public schools; authorize to have a supply of FDA-approved opioid reversal agents on premises to counter opioid overdose.
National board certified education professionals; clarify provisions related to certification component reimbursements.
Public special purpose schools; exempt from certain audit requirements.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; expand to allow certified academic language therapists (CALT); to provide dyslexia therapy services.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility beginning with kindergarten.
Foster and adopted children; allow foster or adoptive parent to choose school or school district of enrollment.
"Mississippi Successful Techniques Resulting in Delivering Excellence in Education and Employability (STRIDE) Scholarship Program"; establish.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training.
Charter schools; bring forward various provision relating to powers and duties of authorizer board.
Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness; establish to develop vision for the state's future economic and educational success.
MS School for Math and Science; increase licensed employees' salaries by amount corresponding to increases to amount and years in teacher salary scale.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts; allow to speak to student regarding civic involvement with principal's approval.
"William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program"; revise to expand eligibility.
Sixteenth Section land; revise zoning authority of local governing entities to prohibit restrictions on school districts' ability to build on said lands.
Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a district innovation.
Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program; create.
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enact.
Educator misconduct; clarify provisions relating to disciplinary action taken against personnel of public special purpose schools and other educators.
School attendance officers; revise to increase the minimum base salary.
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools.
Local supplement for assistant teachers; prohibit school districts from reducing when given state minimum raise.
Public School Facilities Grant Program; create and replace Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Program.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Elections; allow an excused absence for compulsory-school-age children to serve as poll workers on election day.
Parental rights in education; prohibit instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in K-12.
School immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religious beliefs.
Salary of State Superintendent of Education; shall not exceed salary of the Governor.
Mississippi Released Time Education Act; enact.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
West Bolivar Consolidated School District; deconsolidate to form the West Bolivar, Shaw and Benoit School Districts.
Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act; enact.
Department of Education; require to disseminate information about the department's 24/7 Online Tutoring Program.
School Safety Guardian Program; establish.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
Program for gifted education; require school districts to provide for academically gifted students in Grades 6 through 12.
School district graduation requirement; allow certain alternatives when Mississippi History is required.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; expand to allow certified academic language therapists (CALT).
Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activity within their school district.
Assistant teachers; increase minimum salary.
School vaccinations; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on religious grounds.
Geographical critical teacher shortage area; provide such teachers with salary supplement.
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.
State Superintendent of Public Education and Director of the Community College Board; set maximum salaries.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise minimum funding levels.
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.
Department of Education; require to provide requested information to House and Senate members within timely manner.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
Board certified occupational therapists employed by schools; allow to be eligible for salary supplement.
Civics test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Accumulated leave time for teachers; allow to transfer.
Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2023"; create.
Tebow law; prohibit public school from denying a nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular activities.
SkillPath 300 Program; workforce development program to be administered by the Department of Education.
School districts and political subdivisions; prohibit from implementing mask and Covid vaccine mandates.
High school graduation; end-of-course assessments required by federal law shall only be required.
Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three year old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
State Early Childhood Advisory Council; prescribe additional duties and include more members.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act; enact.
Parents' Bill of Rights; enact.
School attendance location of students; allow students to transfer to other school districts subject to availability and approval.
Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an "F"-designated school.
Patriotic Education Grant Program; establish.
"Mississippi Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act"; enact.
Nonlicensed school employees; compensate for absences at a rate set by school boards but not less than federal minimum wage.
Social studies high school graduation requirements; revise.
Psychologist to Schools Grant Program; establish.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
School immunization requirements; provide religious exemption.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
"Transparency in Education Act"; prohibit certain curriculum in public schools without parental consent.
Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" districts with additional positions.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enact.
Prekindergarten programs; increase funding for second and third phase.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts; authorize opportunity to speak in schools with students about civil involvement and membership.
United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation.
Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of school every day.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment.
School Boards; allow to purchase electric vehicles for student transportation.
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; create for purpose of improving educational facilities.
University-based programs of education for children with developmental disabilities; revise certain provisions.
School district employee payroll; allow monthly or bimonthly payments.
Education Enhancement Fund; revise date of issuance and distribution of procurement cards or digital solutions for classroom supplies.
Gifted education; require school districts to provide for students in Grades 7 and 8.
MCOPS programs; authorize training for to provide at any approved training academy in the state.
Students in public schools; allow to participate in political activities with certain restrictions.
The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022"; create.
Teacher license; allow supplemental endorsement and revise provisions of issuance.
Partnership between Energy High School Academy and Vicksburg Warren and Claiborne school districts; extend date of repeal on.
Critical Race Theory; prohibit.
Procedure for the purchase of textbooks by the State Board of Education; revise provisions of.
MS Computer Science and Cyber Education Equality Act; authorize certified or classified staff to provide instruction under.
"Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013"; revise funding for.
Education Enhancement Fund; revise date of issuance of classroom supply procurement cards.
Unused leave accumulated by teacher who transfers to another school district; allow to be credited.
Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Teacher licensure and certification; revise qualifications for receipt of and entry into educator preparation programs.
School ad valorem tax levy; authorize levying authority for certain districts to approve/disapprove request for certain increases.
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise definition of "eligible student" and "eligible school" to include students with a dyslexia diagnosis.
Education Enhancement Fund; authorize DFA to issue digital solutions and credentials for use for classroom supply allotments.
Family Engagement Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program; require MDE to establish as a component of the ELC Act of 2013.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training.
School security guard/resource officer; must have required peace officer training to exercise peace officer powers.
"Equity in Distance Learning Act"; revise certain provisions of.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; expand to allow certified academic language therapists (CALT); to provide dyslexia therapy services.
Dual Credit Community College Scholarship Program; create.
Nonpublic schools; authorize those accredited by a regional agency to use criminal background check procedures as used by public schools.
"Accelerate Mississippi Scholarship Program"; establish to provide student with financial assistance for advanced education courses.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District Innovation.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; bring forward statutes for possible amendment.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
District of Innovation Task Force of 2022; create.
State Superintendent of Public Education and Director of the Community College Board; set maximum salaries.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
School attendance officers; revise salary provisions.
Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" districts with additional.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define" child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.
Licensed educators; provide appeal rights when license suspended or revoked.
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act;" revise definition of "eligible student" and "eligible school."
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.
School recognition program; bring forward for possible amendment to salary supplements.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District; allow to construct school on sixteenth section land.
Local school district-issued computers; require content filtering.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
Required local revenue in support of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program; revise computation of fee in lieu of taxes.
Board certified occupational therapist employed by schools; allow to be eligible for salary supplement.
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.
Civic literacy requirement for high school students; require before enrolling in college or university in this state.
High school graduation; end-of-course assessments required by federal law shall only be required.
"Transparency in Education Act"; prohibit certain curriculum in public schools without parental consent.
Mississippi Financial Literacy Act; create.
The Academic Transparency Act of 2022; enact.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and mental-wellness training.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Alternative school; student placement not to exceed time limitation without first performing reassessment on placement.
Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if having 30 years of creditable service.
Exceptional students with significant developmental disabilities and complex communication needs; clarify pathways.
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase and implement plan to fund at the southeastern average.
School employee leave days; allow seven additional for infectious disease quarantine.
Mississippi Year Round School Grant Program.
Compulsory school attendance law; require appliance to kindergarten age children.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund.
Prekindergarten programs; increase funding for second and third phase.
Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an "F"-designated school.
Charter schools; amend certain provisions of law relating to.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; revise certain provisions of.
Standard teacher license; revise certain provisions of.
Social studies high school graduation requirements; revise.
Public school option; allow parent of a student to enroll student in school with certified academic language therapist.
Mental health days; allow limited leave for teachers.
School attendance location of students; allow students to transfer to other school districts subject to availability and approval.
"Critical race theory"; prohibit teaching of and expenditure of public funds for.
Discrimination or affirmative action programs; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools.
Salary of State Superintendent of Education; shall not exceed salary of the Governor.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade.
Teacher licenses; allow teachers with international teacher licenses reciprocity.
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior.
Education Enhancement Fund; require schools to issue teachers credentials for a digital solution or procurement card.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
School boards; prohibit teaching of divisive concepts or the promotion of division between students based off of race.
School attendance officer; require to attend training for understanding children with disabilities.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; prescribe standards and benchmarks.
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Department of Employment Security; revise various provisions regarding authority of.
State Workforce Investment Board; revise membership of.
Construction management at risk method of project delivery; revise certain provisions related to.
16th Section lands; authorize local school boards to enter into public or private contracts for sale of forestry products grown on.
Charter schools; revise deadlines for certain reporting requirements and to allow certain teacher units to those in first year of operation.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District Innovation.
Public purchasing laws; exempt purchase of nonadopted and adopted textbooks by MDE for nonpubilc schools.
Bonding requirement for school purchasing agents; increase.
School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include refillable water bottle stations.
Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
Dyslexia Awareness Training Program; require teachers to complete two hours of training for.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Charter School Authorizer Board; reconstitute.
New educational programs; allow school districts to enter into agreements for vocational and other educational programs.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund.
Assistant teachers; Department of Education implement program to employ more assistant teachers in failing school districts.
School District System Design Partnership Program; create.
Virtual public school; create pilot program for the creation of virtual public schools operated by school districts.
Department of Education; require central reporting system for federal data.
Active shooter drills; prohibit telling students and teachers that drill is real.
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
Teachers; authorize licensure in individual subject areas.
Teacher pay; increase to southeastern average.
Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled students to participate in sports and provide funds to schools for their participation.
MHSAA; must allow member schools to participate against nonaccredited schools and schools with home schooled students.
Accreditation of schools; allow schools to employ up to 10% of nonlicensed teachers to teach in core areas.
School accountability; provide that accreditation score from 2018-2019 shall be used unless school receives higher grade.
Tim Tebow Act; authorize interscholastic extracurricular activity participation of students enrolled in homeschools.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a District of Innovation.
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase and implement plan to fund at the southeastern average.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade.
Sixteenth section forest products; allow school districts to enter into long-term timber agreements.
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.
School attendance officer; require to attend training for understanding children with disabilities.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise minimum funding levels.
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define "child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.
Expand Mississippi Connectivity for Education Act; create.
Mississippi Save Our Schools Program; create.
Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an "F"-designated school.
Abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education; extend repealer on.
Teachers; revise licensure qualifications and requirements.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund.
Teacher licenses; lower the requirement for nontraditional route teachers.
High school graduation; end-of-course assessments required by federal law shall only be required.
2021 Mississippi Education Task Force; create to review state regulations and accountability system.
Failing school systems; Department of Education shall implement program to provide incentive to experienced teachers.
Teachers and assistant teachers; provide incentive programs to experienced teachers.
Public schools; allow to offer online career track program.
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior.
Teacher assistant nonreemployment; provide that teacher assistants receive due process rights.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program state funding; dedicate at least 25% of any revenue growth.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2020-2021 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" districts with additional.
Saving American History in Mississippi Schools Act; prevent funds from being used to teach the 1619 Project.
"T Initiative of 2021"; create program that provides support to schools for virtual learning.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas.
School employee salary supplements; remove limitation on number of school nurses and language therapists eligible for.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
Department of Education; implement dyslexia screenings and awareness programs.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
Economic and Academic Need Forgivable Loan Program; create.
Requirements for standard high school diploma; discontinue subject area tests.
Office of Early Childhood; establish and prescribe responsibilities.
School board members; increase pay.
School Recognition Program; require board of education and department of education to implement rules.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
School athletic trainers; provide annual salary supplement for those acquiring national certification.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and trauma informed training.
Education standards; replace Common Core with ELA Standards.
School boards; require policy that allows for corporal punishment opt in of students annually.
Teacher licenses; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses valid license from other state.
School recognition program; bring forward for possible amendment to salary supplements.
School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include water bottle filling stations.
MHSAA; must allow member schools to participate against nonaccredited schools and schools with home-schooled students.
School property; schools may withhold transcripts from students who fail to return textbooks or mobile devices.
High-performing education systems design; establish task force.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment.
Teachers' salary; implement a four-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment.
"Technology Instruction and Digital Access to Learning (TIDAL) Act"; create to establish digital learning programs for K-12 education and provide grants for electronic devices used in instruction.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Public special purpose schools; clarify provision related to administrative and licensed instructional personnel of.
Hunter safety course; authorize school districts to offer as part of their curriculum.
The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; revise and extend repealer.
Failing school districts; extend repealer on.
Teachers; revise licensure.
Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; extend repealer on.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
16th section trust interest; authorize districts to spend once loan payments are current.
Winona-Montgomery School Board of Trustees; revise membership.
Provisions of the Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on.
School districts; revise employees and administrators subject to conflict-of-interest provisions.
Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.
State Department of Education; permit to receive various contributions from public or private donors.
Sixteenth section land; authorize leasing of certain land by cities/counties for less than minimum percentage of market value under certain circumstances.
"Trauma-Informed Discipline Practices Act; enact to establish procedures to assess and mediate effects of traumatic events in schools.
Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program; revise.
Mississippi High School Activities Association; require to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
School board members; increase pay.
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Appropriation; Department of Education for statewide school mobile panic button program.
Active shooter drills; prohibit telling students and teachers that drill is real.
Payments of fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes for school purposes; bring forward.
School districts; revise procedures of district-to-district student transfers.
Department of Education; implement dyslexia screenings and awareness programs.
Occupational licenses; provide for apprenticeships and alternative elective credit.
Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an "F"-designated school.
Teachers; revise licensure.
Department of Education; require central reporting system for federal data.
Economic and Academic Need Forgivable Loan Program; create.
Office of Early Childhood; establish and prescribe responsibilities.
Diabetes Care for Mississippi Students Act; enact.
Accreditation of schools; allow schools to employ up to 10% nonlicensed teachers to teach in core areas.
Trauma-Informed Discipline Practices Act; enact.
Our Children's Health Impacts Our Future Law; require notice of the importance of a medical and dental physical.
Mississippi Save Our Schools Program; create.
School immunization; authorize exemption for religious beliefs.
Community schools; authorize.
School boards; authorize members to be employed as school bus drivers.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection in which prayer shall be allowed.
Accreditation of schools; allow schools to employ up to 10% nonlicensed teachers to teach in core areas.
Teachers; authorize licensure in individual subject areas.
The Seizure Safe Schools Act; enact.
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase and implement plan to fund at the southeastern average.
Income tax; school boards may certify early learning collaboratives as approved for purposes of the program support contribution credit.
Driver education; authorize active duty members of the Mississippi State Highway Safety Patrol to instruct.
Schools; require drinking fountains and water bottle filling stations in new or renovated facilities.
Department of Education; require to develop a statewide school mobile panic button program.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
Mississippi teacher shortage areas of the state; establish a Teacher Shortage Commission to contract for internet STEM services.
School boards; require policy that allows for corporal punishment opt in of students annually.
School employee salary supplements; remove limitation on number of school nurses and language therapists eligible for.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; fully fund.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
Mississippi Civic Literacy Act; enact.
Department of Education; authorize to receive donations.
Education standards; replace Common Core with ELA Standards.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement.
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.
Athletics; enact the "Mississippi Fairness Act."
School entry health examinations; require in all public schools.
Charter schools; reconstitute authorizer board and clarify funding.
Mississippi Performance-Based-Pay (MPBP) Plan; allow schools to grant enhanced supplements to more experienced teachers.
School board members; require uniform election on a phased-in basis.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
Requirements for standard high school diploma; discontinue subject area tests.
City limits extended by annexation; automatically extends boundaries of municipal separate school district.
School District System Design Partnership Program; create.
Education Employment Procedures Law; increase probationary period for newly hired certified employees on phased-in basis.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based upon school district student enrollment.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Department of Education; develop system for schools to report data required by federal law.
Teachers' salary; implement a four-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $1,500.00 increase.
The "Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019"; enact.
Career and technical grants to schools for qualified students; provide for.
Education of students in juvenile detention facilities; define responsibility of home school district.
Mississippi School of the Arts; provide for administration and clarify employee hiring procedures.
School enrollment; allow for children with documentation of a parent's pending military relocation to the state.
Eye examinations; require SBE to recommend for first grade students whose initial screening indicates need for comprehensive.
"Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable loan Program"; delete automatic repealer on and other applicable provisions.
School athletics and extracurricular activities; require SBE to review and recommend revisions for administration of for public schools.
Comprehensive eye examination for students prior to enrollment; recommend.
Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; available to nontraditional licensed teachers under certain conditions.
Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program; extend repealer.
Districts of Innovation; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment for purposes of accountability rating.
Teacher and administrator licenses; clarify grounds for disciplinary action and reinstatement.
Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School District; elect members of school board.
Voluntary physicians serving at public school athletic events; SBE implement program and provide tort immunity for physicians.
School-entry health examinations; require in all public schools.
College and Work Readiness Program between certain IHL universities and low-performing schools; establish.
State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board; State Supt. of Education may appoint a designee to attend meetings.
School district consolidation; require review after 3 years and allow reconstitution of old district if no improvement.
Alternative nicotine products; prohibit possession of by persons under 18 and possession by students on school property.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum; direct SBE to implement.
School transportation; authorize motor vehicles other than buses for small groups of students traveling to school activities.
Education Scholarship Account (ESA) Program; revise certain limits.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; increase funding for at-risk pupils.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; require intensive reading instruction beginning with Kindergarten and First-Grade students.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
Suspension of licensed school district employee for five days or less; no requirement for due process hearing by school district.
School Recognition Performance Incentive program nonrecurring salary supplements; local school superintendent shall approve.
National Board Certified Teachers; authorize additional supplement to those teaching in Holmes and Tallahatchie Counties.
Requirements for standard high school diploma; discontinue subject area tests.
Teacher shortage in Mississippi; establish Teacher Leadership Program and Teacher Credentialing and Retention Grant Program.
Sixteenth Section School Land Principal Fund; authorize school districts to invest in Mississippi G.O. or municipal bonds.
Central reporting system for schools for data required by federal law; SDE to develop.
Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program; revise.
Rural Education Development Initiative (REDI); SBE develop accountability rating and support for rural schools.
Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program; administered by SDE in conjunction with any conforming loan.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
Central reporting system for schools for data required by federal law; SDE to develop.
Nonpublic schools accredited by certain agencies; authorize students to transfer course credit and grades.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
E-cigarettes; ban in schools.
State Department of Education central reporting system to be used by school districts; require.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Vaccinations; allow religious belief exemption from requirement for school attendance.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to read a minimum of four books per school year.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
Children at risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.
Mississippi High School Activities Association; required to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
Corporal punishment in public schools; prohibit for any student with an IEP or Section 504 plan.
Pre-kindergarten programs; revise funding limits and specify teaching standards.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Sixteenth section school land; limit rent increases on residential and farm-residential land.
Mississippi Civic Literacy act; enact.
Education Employment Procedures Law; increase probationary period for newly hired certified employees on phased-in basis.
Mid-year budget reductions; exempt MAEP funds.
Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program; earmark minimum number of awards for teachers of advanced placement courses.
Standardized tests administered by school districts; impose statutory limit on number of.
Mississippi Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship Program; revise components of.
Income tax; school boards may certify early learning collaboratives as approved for purposes of the program support contribution credit.
Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019; enact.
Automated school bus safety camera; require for all buses purchased after 2024.
Homeschool students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public school.
Posting child abuse hotline telephone number; require in schools in area accessible to students.
Daily planning period for classroom teachers; specify minimum planning time.
Vaccination required for school attendance; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on parental, philosophical or religious grounds.
Outdoor Education and Recreation Grant Program for underserved students in public schools; establish in the State Dept. of Ed.
Teachers' salaries; provide for $2,500.00 increase beginning with the 2019-2020 term.
Prohibit public schools from demeaning and threatening law enforcement officers; violating school not eligible for funding.
Standardized tests administered by school districts; impose statutory limit on number of.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Carbon monoxide detectors in all public and nonpublic schools; require.
Teachers' salary; implement a five-year phase-in to increase to the southeastern average.
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2019"; establish.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Unused leave accumulated by teacher who transfers to another school district; may be credited.
State Board of Education; transfer powers and responsibilities to the Governor.
Provision of educational services to detained students while school is in session; clarify.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); parents may opt out.
"Pay for Success Contracts Act"; authorize DFA and public school districts to only pay providers when results are successful.
Student transfer from school or school district which has lost accreditation; provide for mandatory transfer.
Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program; establish.
Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2019-2020 school year.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
Charter schools for special needs students; may be approved without approval of local school board.
Common Core educational standards; parents can opt out.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
School board members; elected in all districts.
Teachers' and assistant teachers' salaries; provide for $2,000.00 increase beginning with the 2019-2020 term.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
School Safety Grant Program under State Department of Education; authorize specific funding of School Resource Officers.
High-performance school districts; authorize local school boards to operate under same rules as charter schools.
School bus safety regulations; prohibit student pick-up prior to 7:00 a.m. during the dark periods of October and March.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based upon school district student enrollment.
Uniform election of all school board members; require on a phased-in basis.
Local school boards; prescribe educational qualifications.
Sunscreen; permit student to carry and use sunscreen at school and provide immunity.
Teacher certification; provide exemption for qualification for licensure to certain individuals.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Salary supplements for Master Teachers who teach in the Mississippi Delta; add certain counties.
Civics portion of Naturalization Test; require passing score for high school graduates and GED applicants.
Provision of educational services to detained students while school is in session; clarify.
Mississippi Virtual Public School Program; provider chosen by districts under Mississippi Online Course Application Process.
State Department of Education to provide central business services for MSA and MSB/MSD; authorize.
Consolidation of Lumberton School District with Lamar County School District; ratify agreement between districts.
Education; establish Mississippi Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Act of 2018.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Forgivable Loan Program; clarify repayment and conversion terms.
School bus overtakings; provide that all may report.
MS Virtual School Program; require private provider of services to be selected through the MS Online Learning Application Process.
Education Enhancement Fund; delete requirement to deposit certain sum from into Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund.
Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School District; elect members of school board.
School board members; new staggered-term school board elections beginning with the November 2023 General Election.
Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program; revise.
Vision 2020: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Twenty; create.
Determination of cost of adequate education program; define student "average daily membership" (ADM) for purpose of formula.
First Grade; allow any child who turns six during calendar year to start at the beginning of school year.
Eleventh-Grade students; require to take adult basic education High School Equivalency Diploma test.
Writing curriculum; require SBE to establish.
School district consolidation; require review after 3 years and allow reconstitution of old district if no improvement.
Determination of cost of adequate education program; define student "average daily membership" (ADM) for purpose of formula.
Sixteenth Section School Land Principal Fund; authorize school districts to invest in Mississippi G.O. or municipal bonds.
English Language Learners (ELL) programs; earmark Education Enhancement Fund.
Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; applicants may come from any school district in the state with repayment option.
Mississippi compulsory school attendance; revise reporting and clarify student participation in authorized school activities.
Teacher licensure; authorize special nonrenewable license for certain teacher candidates under the alternative route.
Compulsory school attendance; revise to remove certain excused absences.
School district consolidation; require in Perry County.
School resource officers; require uniform statewide training.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
School board elections; provide that trustees in Picayune School District added territory shall be elected at large.
Education Employment Procedures Law; increase probationary period for newly hired certified employees on phased-in basis.
Vision-screening for first-time students; Mississippi Vision Foundation issue standards.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Driver's education; require for drivers under age 17.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Forgivable Loan Program; clarify repayment and conversion terms.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; increase funding for at-risk pupils.
Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2018-2019 school year.
Teachers' salary; implement a five-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Suspension or expulsion of pupils; appeals of school board decisions filed with chancery court.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; prescribe standards for participation.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
"Financial Transparency in Education Act"; school districts provide expenditure data online.
Income tax; school boards may certify early learning collaboratives as approved for purposes of the program support contribution credit.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
College and Work Readiness Program between certain IHL universities and low-performing schools; establish.
School attendance; require for children who cannot score a 21 or higher on ACT.
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2018"; establish.
Tuition and cost responsibility for dual credit programs; local school district may expend funds.
"Mississippi Save Our Children Act"; create.
Conflict of interest provision applicable to school districts; revise employees and administrators subject to.
Diabetes care plan for students in school setting; State Board of Education develop guidelines and training.
Charter school authorize board; clarify funding.
Student assessment testing; revise provisions relating to achievement levels.
State Department of Education central reporting system to be used by school districts; require.
Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program; establish.
School district accreditation rating model; direct MDE to implement differential ratings which emphasize local economy.
Expert citizen teacher certification; expand qualifications.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurse to teach.
Natchez-Adams Special Municipal Separate School District; elect members of school board.
College- and Career-Readiness Planning Program; create.
Sunscreen; permit student to carry and use sunscreen at school and provide immunity.
16th Section school land; clarify purchase of easements for access.
Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program; earmark minimum number of awards for teachers of advanced placement courses.
Homeschool students; authorize participation in extracurricular activities in public school.
Constitution; transfer powers of State Board of Education to the Governor.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Unconstitutional federal regulations; prohibit State Department of Education from enforcing.
Public school accountability standards; direct State Department of Education to revise certain process standards.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas of.
Student transfer from school or school district which has lost accreditation; provide for mandatory transfer.
Local school district budgets; require at least 75% to be expended for instructional purposes.
General Education Development (GED) instruction program; student may request additional time to complete.
Home economics; require to be taught in "D" and "F" rated school districts.
High School graduation standards; require completion of at least one course online for students graduating in 2020 and after.
Suspension of licensed school district employee for five days or less; no requirement for due process hearing by school district.
Student test results; testing companies shall notify schools not later than the 21st day after the test is given.
Constitution; change terms of office of members of State Board of Education from nine to four years.
Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); parents may opt out.
Children at risk; establish the Motivating Parents and Children (MPAC) pilot program for school districts.
Charter schools for special needs students; may be approved without approval of local school board.
Nonpublic schools accredited by certain agencies; authorize students to transfer course credit and grades.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Unused leave accumulated by teacher who transfers to another school district; may be credited for retirement purposes.
School board members; elected in all districts.
Salary supplements for Master Teachers who teach in the Mississippi Delta; add certain counties.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Assistant teachers/reading instructors; require in each K-3 class.
Common Core educational standards; parents can opt out.
"Pay for Success Contracts Act"; authorize DFA and public school districts to only pay providers when results are successful.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Carbon monoxide detectors in all public and nonpublic schools; require.
Teacher licensure; authorize reciprocity license for approved foreign-certified teaching credentials.
School districts; pilot program requiring pupils to read a minimum of four books per school year.
School Resource Officers; require uniform statewide training program.
Alternative school placement; provide clear standards and notice to parents or legal guardians.
Financial literacy curriculum for public schools; State Board of Education shall implement.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; require intensive reading instruction beginning with Kindergarten and First-Grade students.
School district tax increase request; require itemization of central office expenses.
Local school boards; prescribe educational qualifications.
Civics portion of Naturalization Test; require passing score for high school graduates and GED applicants.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum and computer coding; State Department of Education shall implement.
School district cap on budget expenditures for administrative costs; revise.
Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies; authorize for federally funded teachers.
Sixteenth Section School Land; authorize sale of land for commercial development under certain conditions.
Vaccination required for school attendance; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on parental or philosophical grounds.
School superintendent licensure; prescribe alternative qualifications under nontraditional route and by reciprocity.
Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2018-2019 school year.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based upon school district student enrollment.
State Board of Education; transfer powers and responsibilities to the Governor.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
High performance school districts; authorize local school boards to operate under same rules as charter schools.
School district consolidation; require in Chickasaw County.
Qualifications for school superintendents; revise.
School district consolidation; establish Commission on Perry-Richton Consolidated School District Structure.
Mississippi Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities and career track program; suspend for new students.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility through Grade 12.
Anti-bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for by school districts.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; clarify attendance for students participating in preapproved authorized school activity.
Financial Transparency in Education Act; create.
EEF Procurement Cards; authorize issuance to all certified classroom teachers.
Driver's education; require courses taught in schools to include program developed by DPS on how to properly respond to law enforcement when stopped.
Statewide testing program; prohibit testing students in excess of three days during school year.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding formula; bring forward.
Compulsory school attendance; increase maximum age to 17.
Local school boards; prescribe educational qualifications.
Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program; earmark minimum number of awards for teachers of advanced placement courses.
Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to coordinate services for children.
Transfer of students between school districts; automatic transfer of students attending school rated "C," "D" or "F."
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; increase funding for at-risk pupils.
First Grade; allow any child who turns six during calendar year to start at the beginning of school year.
Student suspensions; provide for informal hearing for short-term suspensions and formal due process hearing for long-term suspensions.
Writing curriculum; require SBE to establish.
Expert citizen teacher certification; expand qualifications.
Anti-Bullying Law; revise provisions for required establishment of policies for by school districts.
Vision 2020: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Twenty; create.
Home economics; require to be taught in "D" and "F" rated school districts.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; require intensive reading instruction beginning with Kindergarten and First-Grade students.
General Education Development (GED) instruction program; student may request additional time to complete.
Financial literacy curriculum for public schools; State Board of Education shall implement.
Common Core National Education Standards; State Board of Education shall replace with ELA Standards in 2017-2018 school year.
School attendance; require for children who cannot score a 21 or higher on ACT.
Office of Educator Standards and Licensure in the State Department of Education; establish.
State Board of Education subpoena power; clarify.
School district cap on budget expenditures for administrative costs; revise.
Determination of cost of adequate education program; define student "average daily membership" (ADM) for purpose of formula.
Educational services for detainees in juvenile detention centers; only provided during regular school year.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum and computer coding; State Department of Education shall implement.
School district consolidation; require in Tippah County.
Professional School Leaders Executive Development Program (SLED); establish.
Nonpublic schools accredited by certain agencies; authorize students to transfer course credit and grades.
Vaccination required for school attendance; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on parental or philosophical grounds.
School district accreditation rating model; direct MDE to implement differential ratings which emphasize local economy.
Prekindergarten programs; commit funding for.
Tuition and cost responsibility for dual credit programs; local school district may expend funds.
Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurse to teach.
Driver's education; require for drivers under age 17.
"Mississippi Save Our Children Act"; create.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Forgivable Loan Program; authorize repayment with part-time employment in small school districts.
Student transfer from school or school district which has lost accreditation; provide for mandatory transfer.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based upon school district student enrollment.
At-risk designation for deficient schools; repeal.
"Pay for Success Contracts Act"; authorize DFA and public school districts to only pay providers when results are successful.
School district consolidation; require in Tate County and Senatobia, Mississippi.
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2017"; establish.
Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program; establish.
Constitution; change terms of office of members of State Board of Education from nine to four years.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies; authorize for federally funded teachers.
Student suspension and expulsion; provide standards and require reporting.
Common Core educational standards; parents can opt out.
Sixteenth Section School Land Principal Fund; authorize school districts to invest in Mississippi g.o. or municipal bonds.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.