Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, House.
Kent McCarty
Sponsored
Became law1
Students in public schools; allow to participate in political activities with certain restrictions.
Passed the House5
"Accelerate Mississippi Scholarship Program"; establish to provide student with financial assistance for advanced education courses.
Education Enhancement Fund; authorize DFA to issue digital solutions and credentials for use for classroom supply allotments.
Public purchasing law; revise to provide that reverse auction shall be used by certain schools and districts.
"Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013"; revise funding for.
Family Engagement Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program; require MDE to establish as a component of the ELC Act of 2013.
In committee7
Legislative vacancy; revise procedure to fill.
"Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act"; establish pilot program to promote and prepare teachers for the profession.
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger.
Task Force to Study and Report on the Funding and Implementation of Universal Pre-Kindergarten Programs; create.
Appropriation; IHL for additional funding for the William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program.
Compulsory school attendance; authorize excused absences for student participation in civic engagement or political event.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Lamar County Education Foundation, Inc.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022"; create.
Memorial highways; designate in Rankin County, Mississippi.
University-based programs of education for children with developmental disabilities; revise certain provisions.
"Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (FAITH) Scholarship Program Act"; create.
Election commissioners; require skills assessment for every four years instead of every year.
City of Hattiesburg; extend repealer on tourism commission and hotel/motel tax.
Passed the House · 2
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Real property; establish process to remove discriminatory language from recorded instruments of conveyance.
In committee · 6
Exceptional students with significant developmental disabilities and complex communication needs; clarify pathways for receiving educational instruction and training in a UBP.
Mississippi Equal Pay Act; create.
Regulatory Sandbox Agricultural Innovation Pilot Program; establish.
"Student-Centered Education Act"; enact to establish procedures to assess and mediate effects of traumatic events in schools.
Unconstitutional acts of federal government; prohibit state agency or political subdivision of the state from cooperating with a federal agency in implementing any.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Progress Community Water Association with water system improvements.