Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Kent McCarty
Sponsored
Became law2
Assistant teachers; revise qualifications for employment.
Failing schools; revise processes relating to being placed into a District of Transformation and abolishing the MS Achievement School District.
Passed the House3
Cardiac emergency response plan; require local school district to implement.
Mississippi Teacher Residency Program; require Legislature to fund for fiscal year 2025.
MAEP; clarify classification of exceptional children in preschool for reporting and purposes of funding teacher units.
Out of committee2
"William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program"; revise to expand eligibility.
Legislative vacancy; revise procedure to fill.
In committee7
Early Learning Collaboratives; expand to provide in every school district by the start of the 2028-2029 school year.
National Board certified teachers; provide $4,000 annual salary supplement for those employed in certain geographical areas.
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger.
State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan; revise to require state to provide 50% of cost of plan for certain dependents.
Department of Mental Health; establish grant program to assist with crisis stabilization unit expenses.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Lamar County Education Foundation, Inc.
Teachers; provide $2,000 annual salary supplement to those employed in designated geographically critical teacher shortage area.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
"Mississippi Student Funding Formula"; create to provide funding mechanism for public schools.
Passed the House · 3
Sexual Battery; remove statute of limitations when DNA evidence is discovered.
Distinguished motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Columbia Academy Cougars.
"Investing in the Needs of Students to Prioritize, Impact and Reform Education (INSPIRE) Act of 2024"; create.
Out of committee · 1
Community school; authorize implementation under the administration of a district of innovation and establish grant fund.
In committee · 11
Sexual battery; remove the statute of limitation for the crime of.
Hunting and fishing; reduce license fees for certain disabled veterans.
Electronic notary; clarify authority of the Secretary of State to regulate.
Appropriation; Progress Community Water Association for costs of an automated water meter.
Appropriation; Three Rivers Planning and Development District to assist Three Rivers High Availability Disaster Recovery Project.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Increasing Reading Efficiency and Accountability Development (iREAD) Pilot Program; establish to increase literacy achievement outcomes.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
State Health Plan; require co-pay for certain services under.
Licensure; revise reciprocity requirements for out-of-state attorneys.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain food.