Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, Senate.
Gray Tollison
Sponsored
Became law9
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; phase out hold harmless provision.
Agricultural high schools; discontinue Hinds Agricultural High School and transfer property.
Professional school counselors; provide for assignment and responsibilities.
Administration of public school districts; make certain technical amendments.
Literacy based promotion program; SDE conduct pilot program in one or more "C" level school districts.
Teacher licensure; revise requirements for teacher candidates applying for licensure under alternative route.
Starkville Consolidated School District; technical amendments to consolidation timetable.
Town of Abbeville; authorize borrowing of money to purchase the Abbeville Water Association.
Lafayette County Reserve and Trust Fund; authorize fund to be invested in any investments authorized for PERS.
Passed the Senate6
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2016, except pursuant to referendum.
Texting while driving; constitutes careless driving.
School district consolidation; require in Leflore County and Greenwood.
Teaching Fellows Scholarship Program; establish under SBE and phase out Critical Teacher Shortage Scholarships.
"Mississippi Student Safety Act"; prevent certain student restraint and seclusion procedures in schools.
School district consolidation; require in Montgomery County and Winona.
Out of committee5
Disabilities; authorize designation of certain on driver's licenses or I.D. cards.
Public school accountability designations; clarify assignment of.
Failing schools and school districts; establish an "Achievement School District" within the State Department of Education.
School district consolidation; require in Claiborne County and Jefferson County.
Invest Mississippi Exemption; create to allow equity crowdfunding for certain small security offerings.
In committee26
Antlered deer; all of bag limit for hunters 75 or older may be any antlered deer.
Payment of teacher salaries; standard contract shall fix monthly installments.
State textbook funds; authorize local school board to petition for purchase of trade books.
Third Circuit District; revise residency requirement.
Breathalyzer; Crime Lab to calibrate instrument with each breath test.
Licensed professional counselors; make technical amendments to licensure law.
Public Employee Whistleblower Act; bring forward sections.
Justice court fees; allow fee for proceedings to renew a judgment.
Task Force to Study Strategies for Solving the Current Teacher Shortage; extend.
Public School Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Salary supplement for certain school educators; clarify eligibility for single supplement.
Entrepreneur in Residence Pilot Program; establish under authority of the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee.
School district consolidation; require in Kemper County and Noxubee County.
Determination of cost of adequate education program; define student "average daily membership" (ADM) for purpose of formula.
Under-performing schools; "F" rating for one-year results in withdrawal of accreditation by SDE.
School board members; all elected beginning with the November 2016 general election; appoint all local school superintendents.
School district consolidation; require in Holmes County and Durant.
School district consolidation; require in Amite County and Wilkinson County.
Mississippi charter schools; clarify qualifications of executive director and allow students to enroll across district lines.
Court Collections Fund; create and provide statewide monetary assessment to benefit.
Commercial driver's license testing sites; prescribe locations of.
Uniform Powers of Appointment Act; create.
School district consolidation; require in Perry County and Richton.
MAEP; increase amount of funds pledged for security for State Aid Capitol Improvement Bonds to $195.00 per pupil.
Tax liens; provide for centralized filing with the Department of Revenue.
Surplus school buildings; establish a tax credit program for development and rehabilitation for teacher housing purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
2014 Second Extraordinary Session · Disaster response and recovery costs; authorize transfer to disaster trust fund.
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Mississippi Sportsman Weekend.
Memorial highways; designate MS Highway 6 within the State of Mississippi as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Highway."
Out of committee · 3
Dyslexia therapy scholarship program for students with dyslexia; revise definitions.
Prekindergarten programs; establish Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council.
Mississippi Corrections and Criminal Justice Reform Act of 2014; enact.
In committee · 4
Mississippi Youth Concussion Law; create.
Public School Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Attorney-member of Legislature; automatic continuance upon application.
Cosmetology licensure law; make technical amendments to.