Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Videt Carmichael
Sponsored
Became law5
Teacher salary experience increments; authorize up to 35 years.
Task force to study underperforming schools and school districts; create.
Local school board members; increase training requirements in low-performing school districts.
Low performing schools and school districts; define "Schools At-Risk" and commit adequate education funds for assistance.
"Troops to Teachers" Pilot Program; establish in the public schools.
Passed the Senate3
High school redesign program; provide for next phase.
Students who are blind or visually impaired; revise standards for education services for.
Lauderdale County; may pay certain funds to the Good News Jail & Prison Ministry to fund chaplaincy program at detention facilities.
Out of committee4
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Mentor teachers; commit state funding for.
School bond issue; authorize two-year reverse referendum in Level 3 school districts.
State Auditor; directed to audit school district funds paid to MS School Activities Association.
In committee16
Medicaid coverage for breast prosthesis and bra; provide reimbursement for.
"Mississippi Firesafe Cigarette Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act of 2008"; enact.
IHL and community colleges; may waive out-of-state or out-of-district tuition for students living within 50 miles of campus.
Task Force to Study and Report on the Funding and Implementation of Universal Pre-K Programs in Mississippi; establish.
Mississippi Quality Education Act of 2008; enact.
Tobacco; prohibit tobacco wholesaler from making certain loans or extension of credit to tobacco retailers.
School nurses; include under provisions of school district leave law.
Retirement; PERS members with 30 years' service may receive 48 months of maximum benefit.
Special education programs; eligible students have option to attend accredited oral auditory schools.
Interstate compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; enact.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement and be reemployed as teachers under certain circumstances.
PERS; increase the number of years required for retirement at any age for persons hired on or after July 1, 2008.
Teacher salary scale; increase and extend experience increments.
Ad valorem tax; authorize partial exemption for agricultural land that is converted to a residential use.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services, Fiscal Year 2009 Early Childhood Initiative.
Appropriation FY09; State Department of Education, Dyslexia Screening.
Co-sponsored
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State Veterans Memorial Cemetery; delete residency requirement for veteran to be eligible for interment.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
MSU Old Extension Service Building; name building after former and current employees.
Ethics Commission; revise duties and other provisions.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners Board.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners Bd.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Bd.
Appropriation; Board of Massage Therapy.
Appropriation; Pharmacy Bd.
Appropriation; Prof. Counselors Licensing Bd.
Appropriation; Veterinary Exam. Bd.
Passed the Senate · 9
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
In committee · 8
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
CON; issue for construction of PRTF and psychiatric acute care beds in Rankin, Winston and Lauderdale Counties.
Radar; allow MHP to operate without restriction.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouse of deceased and disabled veterans.
Metal recyclers; revise regulation of.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve facilities owned by a certain manufacturer of musical and sound equipment.