Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 165
Expert citizen teachers; provide rate of compensation for those employed in critical shortage areas.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LICENSED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS AN EXPERT CITIZEN AND EMPLOYED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT IS EXPERIENCING A CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE MAY BE COMPENSATED BY THE EMPLOYING SCHOOL DISTRICT AT A RATE BY CREDITING SUCH INDIVIDUALS WITH 3/4 OF A YEAR OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR EACH YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN HIS OR HER FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL OR VOCATIONAL EXPERTISE AS SUCH YEARS ARE ALIGNED TO THE APPROPRIATE CORRESPONDING STEP AND EDUCATIONAL ENDORSEMENT CREDENTIALS ON THE REQUIRED SALARY LEVEL APPLICABLE TO PERMANENT TEACHERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 10 to February 4, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days
EducationJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.