Committees · 2011 Regular Session
Education
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2011 Regular Session.
Bills sent195
9% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out31%
60 of 195; 1 moved on without a report, 134 stopped in committee
Time in committee13 days
most between 9 and 16 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
2026244 bills
reported 20% · typically 9 days, most 2–10 · 0 amendments · 28 members
2025222 bills
reported 21% · typically 9 days, most 6–12 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2024202 bills
reported 26% · typically 14 days, most 9–16 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2023201 bills
reported 26% · typically 15 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2022200 bills
reported 22% · typically 14 days, most 9–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2021193 bills
reported 12% · typically 10 days, most 5–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2020246 bills
reported 15% · typically 15 days, most 6–29 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2019227 bills
reported 15% · typically 13 days, most 10–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2018194 bills
reported 6% · typically 8 days, most 2–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2017266 bills
reported 24% · typically 13 days, most 7–18 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2016288 bills
reported 23% · typically 9 days, most 8–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2015240 bills
reported 30% · typically 9 days, most 2–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2014207 bills
reported 35% · typically 10 days, most 0–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2013203 bills
reported 27% · typically 10 days, most 6–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2012230 bills
reported 34% · typically 10 days, most 7–14 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2011195 bills
reported 31% · typically 13 days, most 9–16 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2010193 bills
reported 25% · typically 11 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2009169 bills
reported 24% · typically 14 days, most 9–16 · 0 amendments · 0 members
2008138 bills
reported 31% · typically 9 days, most 0–12 · 0 amendments · 0 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2011 Regular Session, newest first.
195 bills
Senate Bill 2389 · Homeschooled students; to be tested for grade assignment prior to transfer into public school district.
Sent March 9, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 2392 · School teacher and administrator licensure; provide penalties for sexual involvement of school employees with a student.
Sent March 9, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 2383 · Students participating in General Educational Development (GED) option programs; clarify funding.
Sent March 8, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 2388 · Financial reimbursements to sponsoring school districts for students placed in youth detention centers; SDE issue policy.
Sent March 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2655 · Commission on School Payroll, Business and Procurement Efficiency; establish.
Sent March 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2684 · State Superintendent of Education; State Board of Education shall set salary of.
Sent March 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2798 · Mandated reports by schools and the State Department of Education; revise requirements.
Sent March 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2547 · Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Sent February 28, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2655 · Commission on School Payroll, Business and Procurement Efficiency; establish.
Sent February 15, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2433 · Children with identified disabilities; revise distribution of certain documents to parents.
Sent February 14, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2547 · Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Sent February 14, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2557 · Career track program for students not pursuing baccalaureate degree; provide certain conditions.
Sent February 14, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2631 · Task Force to Study Teacher Salaries; establish.
Sent February 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2684 · State Superintendent of Education; State Board of Education shall set salary of.
Sent February 14, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2774 · Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
Sent February 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2371 · State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS); provide for development and interagency participation to link education with employment.
Sent February 9, 2011 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2869 · Dual enrolled students and dual credit students; clarify prerequisites.
Sent February 9, 2011 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2372 · School buses; may be used to transport general public to air show held on military base located in the school district.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2383 · Students participating in General Educational Development (GED) option programs; clarify funding.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2388 · Financial reimbursements to sponsoring school districts for students placed in youth detention centers; SDE issue policy.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
175 more
Senate Bill 2389 · Homeschooled students; to be tested for grade assignment prior to transfer into public school district.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2390 · School textbooks; clarify procedure for executing publishing contracts.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2392 · School teacher and administrator licensure; provide penalties for sexual involvement of school employees with a student.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2504 · School district trustees in special municipal school district embracing entire county; change qualifying date requirement.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2511 · Hunting rights on sixteenth section school land; local school board may hold an auction on leases for.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2529 · Schools at-risk of failing; revise procedures and sanctions under school district conservatorship law.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2531 · Reading Sufficiency Program of Instruction; repeal specific components.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2536 · Parental choice for assignment of twins to class; delete repealer.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
Senate Bill 2659 · Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2710 · Council for Education Technology; repeal.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 2798 · Mandated reports by schools and the State Department of Education; revise requirements.
Sent February 7, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 868 · School influenza vaccination program; Health Dept apply for federal grants.
Sent February 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
House Bill 1177 · Joint Education and Mental Health Study Committee; create to study services provided to children with mental disorders.
Sent February 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1203 · Mississippi UPSTART project; create.
Sent February 1, 2011 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 962 · Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within the State Department of Education.
Sent January 27, 2011 · Reported out after 5 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 836 · Public school; prohibit athletic and academic teams from participating in certain unaudited associations.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 841 · Student grades; prohibit certain school administrators and district employees from influencing a change in.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 842 · Student testing; prohibit requirement that teachers readminister test to student on more than one occasion.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 868 · School influenza vaccination program; Health Dept apply for federal grants.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
House Bill 872 · School classrooms; delete repealer on authority of parents to choose if twins or other multiples attend same or separate classes.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 873 · School districts; exempt from advertising requirements if no millage rate increase.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 888 · Teacher scholarship; authorize for college graduates for costs of courses required for teacher licensure.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 889 · Random drug tests; require of all public school students in Grades 6 through 12.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 892 · Mississippi Save Our Children Act; create to require programs in certain school districts.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 893 · Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime via video conferencing means.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 901 · School nutrition; require school districts to serve low-fat meals and snacks to students diagnosed as overweight.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 902 · School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 909 · "Dream Makers Program"; create as an after-school program for students in Grades 7 and 8.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 910 · "Health Careers Academy"; create for students in Grades 9 through 12.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 911 · Mississippi Senior Cadets Program; establish in State Department of Education.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 912 · Middle schools; require academic plans for students, peer mentoring and other programs.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 913 · Online learning programs; improve oversight and quality assurance of in public schools.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 914 · Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 915 · Early Commitment to College Program; authorize for underperforming school districts.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 916 · College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 917 · Vision 2020: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Twenty; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 918 · Mathematics and science instruction; enhance through new programs in middle schools.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 919 · Hope Program; establish and develop system to re-enroll high school dropouts in programs leading to a high school diploma.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 920 · Charter schools; authorize all public schools to seek to convert to charter status.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 933 · MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 935 · Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 945 · Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 947 · Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 948 · Compulsory School Attendance Law; delete provision allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 949 · School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi history course for public school students in Grade 9.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 951 · School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 954 · Pre-kindergarten; require Department of Education to create the "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 956 · Body mass index (BMI); require schools to collect for certain students and provide to parents with an explanation.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 959 · Elementary school counselors; allocate funds under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 961 · School districts; require policies if accredited at the three lowest levels and alternate curriculum.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 962 · Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) pilot program; establish within the State Department of Education.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Moved on without a report after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 963 · Comprehensive School Health Education Program; include additional components in and require school nurse to teach.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 964 · Mississippi Comprehensive Communities of Color Teen Pregnancy Prevention Act; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 965 · Comprehensive sex education; require to be taught in Grades K through 12.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 970 · Compulsory school attendance; increase age of and revise various provisions.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 971 · Public high schools; revise graduation requirements and authorize pre-apprentice programs.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 972 · Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program Act; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 973 · Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2011; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 988 · Local taxing entities; revise form and content of notice required for annual ad valorem tax efforts and budget proposals.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 999 · Sex-related education; require local school boards to adopt a policy on and implement.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1006 · School ad valorem taxes; transfer school board's authority to increase to levying authority.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1009 · School districts; require administrative consolidation into one district per county.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1025 · Vaccinations; allow exemptions from school attendance with certificate from physician.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1033 · State Superintendent of Education; State Board of Education shall set salary of.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1052 · Referral of a child to an alternative school; provide certain standards regarding.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1056 · Home schooled students; allow part-time enrollment for extracurricular activities and include in ADA.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1062 · Scholastic year; increase number of days for schools accredited at Level 1 or 2.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1066 · School start date; prohibit local school boards from fixing opening date before 4th Monday in August.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1086 · School guidance counselors; revise minimum qualifications for.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1091 · Sex education; require school districts to implement Personal Responsibility curriculum.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1100 · School Start Date Act of 2011; enact.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1101 · School term; reduce number of days in scholastic year to 170.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1102 · Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1103 · Social studies and history curriculum; prohibit revisions to courses due to partisan and philosophical purposes.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1104 · Public schools; prohibit promotion to next grade of students not reading on grade level.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1111 · Minority Education Task Force; establish.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1117 · Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public school or private and parochial school approved by the SBE.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1122 · MS School Safety Act of 2001; revise various provisions.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1124 · Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1125 · MS Autism Advisory Committee; create to study how to best educate and train individual with autism or ASD.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1126 · 16th section lands; authorize school districts to purchase easements for access to.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1144 · Exceptional children requiring inpatient care; clarify eligibility to receive both state and federal funding.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1147 · Mississippi High School Activities Association; provide legislative oversight for and appoint advisors.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1150 · Charter schools; establish and revise procedure for the creation of.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1156 · School districts; exempt certain from the minimum school term requirement in event of extreme weather conditions.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1163 · Early college high schools; direct certain state education leaders to study and recommend establishment of pilot program for.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1172 · Charter schools; create process for establishing conversion and open enrollment.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1177 · Joint Education and Mental Health Study Committee; create to study services provided to children with mental disorders.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1178 · Placement of a child into an alternative school; require Adolescent Teams (A-Teams) to determine.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1182 · Joint Education and Mental Health Study Committee; create to study services provided to children with mental disorders.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1183 · Joint Legislative Study Committee on Reforming the Mississippi Education System for Children and Youth with Mental Health Needs; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1186 · School administrators; require to report acts of violence resulting in injury to local law enforcement authorities.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1187 · Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1203 · Mississippi UPSTART project; create.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1204 · Office of Shared Services; establish in DFA for central business services and procurement for public school districts.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1227 · School districts; authorize disbursement of certain funds to nonprofit foundation.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 1238 · School facilities; authorize capital leases and build-to-suit capital leases for.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1270 · Classroom supply funds; provide allotment to part-time teachers and other revisions.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 9 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 1278 · Sixteenth section land; clarify provisions related to leases of.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 1281 · Adequate education funds; require percent to be allotted to direct classroom instruction.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1283 · School boards; limit taxing authority of appointed boards until all boards are elected in 2015.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1292 · Sixteenth section lands; authorize current leaseholder to re-lease at amount equal to highest bid.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1331 · Sixteenth section lands; grant Secretary of State authority to manage in certain district.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 1398 · School boards; increase members' optional salary and remove prohibition on joining PERS.
Sent January 17, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
House Bill 828 · Assistant teachers; require school districts to provide notice of nonreemployment at least five days before the school year ends.
Sent January 14, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
House Bill 622 · School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the United States government course.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 623 · Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 624 · Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 625 · School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 626 · Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 627 · School nurses; require school districts to grant same leave allowances as allowed teachers.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 631 · Middle School Grades Reform Act; create to implement a rigorous reading requirement for low-performing students.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 635 · School district conservator or financial advisor; remove from requirements of Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 636 · Home schooled students; to be tested for grade assignment prior to transferring into public school district.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 637 · Parental choice for assignment of twins or other multiples to class; delete repealer.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 11 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 638 · School districts serving students placed in youth detention centers; require State Board of Education to issue policy on financial reimbursement to.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 639 · Student participating in GED programs; clarify funding for.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 640 · Compulsory school attendance law; delete authority to disenroll kindergarten student and prohibit automatic failure for absenteeism.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 641 · School teacher and administrator licensure; provide penalties for sexual involvement of school employees with students.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 642 · Reading Sufficiency Program of Instruction; repeal specific components.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and was vetoed
House Bill 643 · School textbooks; clarify procedure for executing and distributing publishing contracts.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 11 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 644 · Schools At-Risk; revise certain procedures and sanctions imposed under school district conservatorship law.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 673 · Student athlete; require those at public univ./coll. to repay athletic scholarship monies if turn pro or terminated for discipline early.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 707 · Students of military personnel residing on base; allow parent or legal guardian to choose school or school district of enrollment.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 742 · ETV; Legislature shall reduce general fund appropriations to by 20% for each of next five fiscal years.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 743 · ETV; Legislature shall reduce general fund appropriations to by one-third for each of next three fiscal years.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 747 · School attendance; authorize up to maximum of 5 excused absences for compulsory-school-age children of certain military personnel.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 748 · Adequate Education Program; eliminate additional allocation to school districts having three years positive ADA growth.
Sent January 13, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
House Bill 577 · School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 580 · Student surveys regarding parental information; require written notice to allow parents and allow opting out.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 589 · History and social studies curriculum; require use of textbooks and teachings to include greater instruction on the nation's founding documents.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 608 · State Longitudinal Data System; develop to establish a multiagency database.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 611 · Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 612 · Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 613 · Elementary school counselors; allocate funds under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 614 · School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 617 · School buses; authorize use for mass transportation needs at military air show.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
House Bill 619 · Kindergarten enrollment; require SDE to survey school districts on feasibility of changing date to July 1 for five-year-olds.
Sent January 11, 2011 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 507 · Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Sent January 10, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 530 · Compulsory-school-age child; clarify that students within a certain age who attend a public kindergarten are in the definition of.
Sent January 10, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
House Bill 438 · Education Improvement Act; enact.
Sent January 6, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 439 · Home schooled students; authorize participation in public school extracurricular activities.
Sent January 6, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 26 days
House Bill 12 · Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation in.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 43 · School cafeteria workers; provide state funded health insurance on a phased-in basis.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 60 · Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act/Schoolchildren's Religious Liberties Act; create.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 62 · School start date; restrict local school boards from starting school year before Labor Day.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 102 · County superintendent of education; change from elected to appointed by school board in certain counties.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 133 · Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 157 · Internet in schools; require State Board of Education to adopt safety and acceptable usage policy.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 176 · Budget; State Fiscal Officer shall not reduce funds of Department of Education when state revenues fall below estimate.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 234 · School districts; require administrative consolidation into one district per county.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 238 · Educator sexual misconduct; revise reporting requirements and criminal penalty for such with a student.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 244 · Ad valorem taxes; school district not required to advertise revenue increase when district proposes no millage increase.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 258 · School classrooms; extend date of repeal on authority of parents to choose if twins or other multiples attend the same or separate classes.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 259 · Italian language pilot program; extend date of repeal on.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 260 · Textbooks on the state surplus inventory list; extend date of repeal on the requirement that local school boards make available to parents.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 266 · National board certified school employees; remove requirement that annual salary supplement be subject to legislative appropriation.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 267 · School district funds; prohibit receipt of by certain schools or school districts having an established minimum grading policy.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 268 · "Truth in Grading Act"; create to require school districts to adopt a uniform grading policy.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 269 · "Truth in Grading Act"; create to require the State Board of Education to adopt a uniform grading policy for the state.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 270 · Subject area testing & graduation requirements; award diploma to certain students who failed by two points or less.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 271 · Teachers; extend years for annual incremental increases from 35 to 40 years.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 273 · Civil Rights Education Commission; repeal provisions creating.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 282 · Schools; establish opening and closing dates of the scholastic year.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 283 · State Superintendent of Education; elect at general state election.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 284 · Elected school boards; elect all members at time of presidential election.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 285 · County school board members; require to declare party affiliation and be elected by a majority vote.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 286 · Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 304 · School district graduation rates; require local districts to receive education credit for resident students obtaining GED.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 306 · Mississippi Eminent Scholars Program; eliminate GPA requirement for eligibility.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 313 · Professional development; eliminate during the first week of the school year.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 329 · Tax levy to support school districts; authorize levying authority to veto school board request for increase up to seven percent.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 369 · State Superintendent of Education; State Board of Education shall set salary of.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 371 · Ad valorem taxes; delete school boards' authority to increase without referendum approval.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 388 · Early Graduation Achievement Act of 2011; create to provide scholarship incentive for early high school graduates.
Sent January 4, 2011 · Stopped in committee after 28 days