Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Gray Tollison
Sponsored
Became law8
CPR/AED; require to be taught as instructional component of physical or health education curriculum.
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Commercial motor vehicle registration; reenact penalties for unlawful operation of.
Cheating on statewide tests; financial responsibilities of local school district, licensure sanctions and criminal penalties.
Memorial highways; designate a certain segment of MS Highway 30 in Lafayette County as the William Faulkner Memorial Highway.
Selection of county superintendent of education; change from elective to appointive method in certain counties.
Lafayette County; may enter into certain construction contracts even if they extend 30 days beyond the board's term.
City of Oxford; authorize the use of the dual-phase design-build method of construction contracting for parking facilities.
Passed the Senate5
Arrest of students on school property; provide for collection of data.
Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013; make technical amendments relating to state and local funding.
Salary supplement for National Board Certified teachers who teach in critical teacher shortage areas; authorize.
School district consolidation; require in Holmes County and Durant.
Council on Education Technology; reestablish and define responsibilities.
Out of committee4
Teaching Fellows Program under the State Board of Education; make technical revisions.
Children; clarify reporting of certain crimes against.
Jurist-in-residence; create position to bring attention to youth court issues.
Juvenile justice reforms; implement per task force report.
In committee27
Texting while driving; constitutes careless driving.
Disabilities; authorize designation of certain on driver's licenses or I.D. cards.
MAEP funding and local school funding sources; require school districts to identify and account for expenditures separately.
Retirement; PERS members convicted of job-related felonies shall be terminated from system.
School boards; prohibit school employees from serving as a member of any local school board.
Teacher supply debit cards; allow state special school teachers to receive.
Third Circuit District; revise residency requirement.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Determination of cost of adequate education program; define student "average daily membership" (ADM) for purpose of formula.
Local school superintendents; all appointed after January 1, 2020, except pursuant to referendum.
Antlered deer; all of bag limit for hunters 75 or older may be any antlered deer.
Light wine and beer; may be seized and disposed of in the same manner as alcoholic beverages for certain violations of law.
Mississippi Commission on College and Career Readiness; establish to recommend new standards to replace Common Core.
Single state/federal system for school district accountability; delay requirement.
State Department of Education; provide technical amendments to administrative authority.
Licensed professional counselors; clarify license renewal fee.
16th section lands in failing school districts; Secretary of State to act as trustee.
Bonds; authorize to assist Lafayette County in extending West Oxford Loop.
Alcoholic beverage retailers; may be required under local law to use electronic identification verification devices.
Commercial driver's license testing sites; prescribe locations of.
Salary supplement for licensed school nurses; increase number of nurses eligible.
New Start School Program for failing schools; make technical amendments and clarify administrative authority of SDE.
Mississippi School Leaders Executive Development Program (SLED) within the State Department of Education; establish.
Statewide county court system; create.
Termination of parental rights; create parent representation pilot projects.
Street gangs; prohibit illegal activity.
Youth Court; revise "durable legal custody" to "durable legal guardianship."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Memorial bridge; designate a certain bridge in Lowndes County as the Terry W. Brown Memorial Bridge.
Memorial highways; designate a certain segment of U.S. Highway 45 Alternate as the Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Highway.
Concealed-carry permit; revised enhanced.
Passed the Senate · 1
Legal proceedings; child witness to receive accommodations.
In committee · 1
Official State Book; Holy Bible shall be.