Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
John L. Moore
Sponsored
Became law3
School superintendents; require appointment of in the event of vacancy in elected office of before January 1, 2019.
New Start School Program; repeal.
Recognition and welcome signs; allow for placement adjacent to state highways in unincorporated area of counties.
Passed the House6
Compulsory School Attendance Law; clarify attendance for students participating in preapproved authorized school activity.
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years.
EEF Procurement Cards; authorize issuance to all certified classroom teachers.
School accreditation; authorize SBE to approve certified teacher unit credits, to certain districts under certain circumstances.
School accreditation and failing school districts; revise process of state administration through process of district transformation.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Out of committee8
Teacher classroom supply procurement cards; increase allocation percentage for teachers in first three years of educational service.
School boards; elect all at statewide general or presidential election for four-year term.
School employees; suspend license of those certified personnel who breach employment contract.
Administrative hearings; clarify authority of State Board of Education to subpoena witnesses.
Financial literacy curriculum; require The State Board of Education to implement for all students in Grades 9-12.
Mississippi Virtual Public School Program; bring forward.
Schools At-Risk; repeal provision requiring the establishment of program of development for.
School district administrative consolidation; require throughout entire Chickasaw County.
In committee20
Failing school districts; authorize the SBE to place in administrative receivership under administration of successful districts.
Student transfer; prohibit boards of failing districts from denying requests to better performing schools or districts.
Special and occupational diplomas; repeal requirement for school districts to issue to exceptional students with disabilities.
Graduation rates; revise method of reporting for purpose of accountability rating system.
MAEP funds; require school districts to identify categories of funds by maintaining separate accounts for each.
Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification, Licensure and Development; revise composition and duties of.
Graduation requirements; require SBE to incorporate American Civics as component of U.S. government curriculum.
Financial assistance for exceptional children; bring forward provisions relating to.
Appointed superintendents; require "D" and "F" districts to hire new appointees from "A", "B" or "C" districts.
School district employees; remove authority of local school board to delegate employment recommendations.
MS Achievement School District; require SBE to abolish school districts transferred to for failing accreditation.
Appointed superintendents; require school boards to recruit those who served in "A" or "B" districts to serve as.
The MS Traveling Teachers Certification Program; establish.
MAEP; bring forward related sections for purpose of possible revisions.
State Department of Education; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures for a period of three years.
School districts; revise limitations on budgeted expenditures for certain administration costs.
Medicaid; division shall reimburse for services to eligible children with an IEP in school setting.
Community and junior colleges; clarify that mid-level funding is in the discretion of the Legislature.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Tax Credit Scholarship; enact to provide qualifying students eligibility to use to cover eligible education expenses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
2017 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Back the Badge Act of 2017; create.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.
Rankin County; authorize placement of certain specialty street signs within.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Passed the House · 2
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Children's Cabinet; establish to coordinate services for children.
In committee · 6
Highway Patrol training class; require increase in sex offender registration to fund.
Harassment by public employee; require to reimburse public employer when employee has violated.
Sanctuary policy; prohibit adoption or enactment of a.
Department and Board of Health; abolish and transfer duties to a new Division of Health in Governor's Office and extend repealer date.
School attendance; authorize exemption from vaccination for conscientious beliefs.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Old Whitfield Road in Rankin County.