Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Gray Tollison
Sponsored
Became law9
Justice court clerks; clarify annual educational requirement.
School district financial procedures; clarify distribution of funds and time of payment of school employee salaries.
Teacher and administrator licensure; clarify grounds for license denial and procedures for reinstatement.
Accreditation of schools; prescribe standards for single "A" through "F" school and school district accountability system.
School district consolidation; require in Clay County.
Mississippi Education Works Program; enact education reforms.
Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program; establish in the State Department of Education.
School districts under conservatorship; provide for special election to fill vacant school board positions.
Lafayette County Reserve and Trust Fund; make revisions regarding the governance of the trust fund.
Passed the Senate4
Vulnerable Persons Act of 1986; conform terminology in other statutes.
"Mississippi Public Charter Schools Act of 2013"; enact.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016, except pursuant to referendum.
Agricultural high schools; transfer Coahoma Agricultural High School and Hinds Agricultural High School to county school district.
Out of committee1
Appropriation FY2014; Hattiesburg School District and Booneville School District for digital learning pilot programs.
In committee9
Capital murder; killing of multiple victims in a single incident.
Justice court fees; allow fee for proceedings to renew a judgment.
Compulsory school attendance; applicable to 5-year-old children and clarify completion of program.
Texting while driving; constitutes careless driving.
Convicted felons; revise punishment and incarceration for possession of a weapon.
Third Grade reading proficiency; enact "Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act."
Habitual offender; revise felonies that trigger day-for-day service of sentence.
Breathalyzer; Crime Lab to calibrate instrument with each breath test.
False lien statements; create new crime of.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Literacy-Based Promotion Act; establish in public schools to achieve grade-level reading by end of 3rd Grade.
Murder; distinguish between first- and second-degree of.
Prekindergarten programs; to be implemented by the State Department of Education on a phased-in basis.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Passed the Senate · 1
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
In committee · 3
Transfer of students between school districts; automatic transfer of students attending school rated "C," "D" or "F."
Transfer of students between school districts; automatic transfer of students attending school rated "C," "D" or "F."
Opportunity scholarships for low-income students to attend nonpublic schools; create and allow tax credits.