Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2517
MSMS; provide for hiring procedures and tenth-grade enrollment options.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-139-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE (MSMS); TO PROVIDE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES AT THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE SHALL BE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXECUTION OF SAID CONTRACTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NONINSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES AT SAID SCHOOL SHALL SERVE AT THE WILL AND PLEASURE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MSMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT AND COMMODITIES MADE BY THE MSMS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-139-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AN ADVISORY COUNCIL AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ITS MEMBERS AND ITS FUNCTION TO ASSIST THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING PLANS RELATING TO THE MSMS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-139-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND ENROLLMENT OPTIONS TO STUDENTS IN THE TENTH GRADE UPON THE AVAILABILITY OF SPACE TO DO SO; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-139-5, 37-139-9, 25-9-107, 31-7-1, 37-7-307, 37-9-17, 37-9-59 AND 37-9-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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.