Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
John L. Moore
Sponsored
Became law5
Payment of teacher salaries; standard contract shall fix monthly installment.
School buses; require school districts to have identifying signage placed upon all buses.
State Dept. of Education; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures for two years.
New Start School Program; repeal.
Teacher salaries; provide for increase.
Passed the House8
Student grades; enhance penalty imposed on school districts for individuals who influence falsification of.
Erin's Law Awareness; authorize inclusion of as a component of required comprehensive school district safety plan.
Professional school counselors; revise manner of reference and duties and responsibilities of.
Education provision; revise and clarify certain relating to hours of instruction; student records, student enrollment, dual enrollment and textbooks.
Annual salary supplements; limit receipt of to only one per individual without regard to number of national certifications held.
Accreditation of schools; revise manner by which certain schools are assigned a grade designation.
Graduation requirements; require ACT to serve as high school exit exam in lieu of subject area tests.
Teacher Education Alternate Route Certification Scholars Program; establish.
Out of committee5
Student transfer; prohibit school boards in failing school districts from denying requests to better performing district.
Teacher licensure; revise eligibility for receipt of licensure through the nontraditional teaching route.
MS Achievement School District; establish to oversee the administration of certain failing schools with an "F" rating for three consecutive years.
Tax credit; provide to eligible individuals who acquire and renovate surplus school property for economic development purposes.
MAEP; increase amount pledged for security for State Aid Capital Improvement Bonds to $195.00 per pupil.
In committee34
Textbooks; authorize flexibility in use of alternative electronic forms of.
School board members; revise qualifications of to be eligible for selection as.
School term; reduces number of days in scholastic year to 175.
MAEP; clarify to remove strict interpretation of MDE to request full funding of at budget hearing.
School revenue; provide levying authority with veto power relating to request for increase in tax measure for.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Teacher Classroom and Disciplinary Control Act; create.
Income tax; authorize deduction for private school tuition, expenses for home schooled students and certain public school expenses.
MAEP; bring forward sections relating to for purpose of possible revisions.
Medicaid; recipients shall be subject to random drug tests for eligibility to continue receiving benefits.
Crimes; revise penalties for fraudulent use of identity of another.
Tax levy to support school districts; authorize levying authority to veto school board request for increase up to seven percent.
Rape; death penalty for conviction if victim is age 13 or under.
Capital murder; apply to multiple murders.
County school board members; require to declare party affiliation.
School start date; bring forward sections relating to.
Agricultural high schools; transfer Coahoma AHS and Hinds AHS to appropriate county school district.
Dropout Prevention; authorize the State Dept. of Education to establish pilot programs to reduce rate of dropout.
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; revise certain defined terms and prescribe credentials for individuals authorized to evaluate students.
Failing school districts; authorize SBE to place in administrative receivership for purpose of allowing successful districts to manage and operate.
Assistant Teachers; bring forward provision providing for salary of.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
School choice; establish opportunity scholarships and open enrollment for public school students.
Regulation of knives; prohibit political subdivisions from enacting local rules relating to.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Adequate Education Program; revise full funding requirement.
Scholastic year; establish as August 1 - July 31 for all school districts.
Chinese language pilot program; establish within the State Department of Education for implementation in certain school district.
School boards; elect all at presidential election for four-year terms.
School district superintendents; require all to be appointed beginning in 2016.
Knives; prohibit certain regulation and taxing of.
Weapons; prohibit public housing authorities from restricting lawful possession by residents.
Emergency medical personnel; revise requirements for training and certification programs for.
Rankin County; authorize purchase of electronic speed detection equipment to be utilized by sheriff.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Weapons; clarify state preemption of local ordinances.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Abortion; prohibit performing at or after 20 weeks.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Passed the House · 3
Earned time allowances; prohibit certain inmates from obtaining.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
School buses; repeal law requiring to be driven less than certain speeds.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 2014; enact.
In committee · 8
Crimes; clarify that burglary is a violent crime.
Parole; require offender serve at least 1/3 of sentence and that commissioner recommend parole before offender is eligible for.
School property; authorize district superintendents to select certain employees to carry concealed weapons on campus.
Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent offenders.
Real property owners; revise standard of care owed to guests and invitees.
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
MS Dept. of Transportation; terminate local HELP agreements and clarify capacity enhancement project authority.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.