Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, Senate.
Gray Tollison
Sponsored
Became law5
Qualifications for school superintendents; revise.
Failing school districts; authorize the State Board of Education to place into "District Transformation Status."
Mississippi Occupational Diploma for students with disabilities and career track program; suspend for new students.
School district consolidation; establish Commission on Perry-Richton Consolidated School District Structure.
School district consolidation; require in Chickasaw County.
Passed the Senate2
School district employees; remove authority of local school board to delegate employment recommendations.
Memorial highways; designate certain segments of highways as.
Out of committee2
Compulsory school attendance; increase maximum age to 17.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program funding formula; bring forward.
In committee25
Third Circuit District; revise residency requirement.
Disabilities; authorize designation of certain on driver's licenses or I.D. cards.
Gang criminal activity; revise offense of and civil forfeiture for.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS.
Antlered deer; all of bag limit for hunters 75 or older may be any antlered deer.
State employees; allow medical leave without use of personal leave when dependent is dismissed from school sick.
Public contracts; give preference to resident bidders.
Official Mississippi State Songs; designate Official Traditional Country Song and Official Traditional Blues Song.
Seat belt law; revise consideration in civil cases.
At-risk designation for deficient schools; repeal.
Professional School Leaders Executive Development Program (SLED); establish.
Office of Educator Standards and Licensure in the State Department of Education; establish.
School district cap on budget expenditures for administrative costs; revise.
Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies; authorize for federally funded teachers.
School district consolidation; require in Tate County and Senatobia, Mississippi.
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum and computer coding; State Department of Education shall implement.
Teacher licensure revocation procedures; make technical amendments to.
Use tax; revise definition of certain terms for purposes of, distribute to municipalities certain portion of revenue collected from.
Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP); create.
Graduation requirements; require SBE to incorporate American Civics as component of U.S. government curriculum.
Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act; create.
School district consolidation; require in Tippah County.
State Board of Education subpoena power; clarify.
Student absences for school activities; shall be counted for average daily attendance funding purposes.
Free port warehouse; revise property stored in that is eligible for exemption from ad valorem tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Abused and neglected children; clarify alternative of relative care.
Passed the Senate · 1
Branded title; may be issued to a vehicle that has been issued a certificate of destruction if certain criteria are met.
Out of committee · 1
Counties & municipalities; authorize to levy a penalty for the late payment of garbage fees.
In committee · 1
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.