Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Cecil Brown
Sponsored
Became law5
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Library Commission.
Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); clarify references to in state law.
Compulsory school attendance law; remove requirement for prior approval for medical/dental appointments.
Vetoed1
Regional educational service agencies; State Board of Education may contract with and provide funds to.
Passed the House15
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Cigarettes; impose fee on certain nonsettling manufacturers.
DNA evidence; provide for use in capital cases.
DNA; provide for testing for persons convicted of capital crimes.
Student records; authorize storage by school districts in any acceptable form of medium for storage.
School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
School district accreditation levels; revise accreditation terminology.
Special educational services; increase age of exceptional children who qualify.
Motor vehicle; include all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles in certain definition of.
Teen Pregnancy Task Force; create and prescribe duties.
"Children First Act of 2009"; enact for failing schools and school districts.
State Auditor; revise various powers and duties of.
Energy management plans; delay dates for state agencies to submit and revise.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Out of committee3
Early childhood education programs; authorize local school districts to operate and expend funds for.
Educator sexual misconduct; Sup't to report to MDE; revise criminal penalty for such with student.
State Auditor; revise coursework requirements for student internship/remove salary cap on director.
In committee51
DNA evidence; require preservation in capital cases.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · State Superintendent of Education; revise manner of setting salary of.
Budget; prohibit certain actions by state agencies during current and next fiscal years.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement and be reemployed as teachers under certain circumstances.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for contributions to qualified tuition programs.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Internal audit law; remove condition for specific appropriations to fund, and delay implementation date.
Master lease-purchase program; authorize DFA to develop program for counties and municipalities.
School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary period and include assistant teachers.
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Assistant teachers; include under Education Employment Procedures Law.
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Elections for state officers; change day of week to Saturday.
Superintendent of schools; provide for phase in of appointment of all superintendents.
School nurses; require school districts to grant same leave allowances as allowed teachers.
Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary period and include assistant teachers.
School bonds; require 55% vote to pass.
Teachers' salary; increase base salary scale under MAEP and annual incremental increase by three percent.
Classroom supply funds; prohibit diversion to fund MAEP.
Sixteenth section land leases; grant immunity to leaseholders if school board develops property.
Education Enhancement Fund; divert portion of classroom supply funds to State School Building Fund.
Education Enhancement Fund; portion of money in shall be used to support Public School Building Fund.
Classroom supply funds; require to be appropriated from General Fund, then reimbursed from EEF.
Mississippi Development Authority; require reports regarding economic impact of Mississippi Advantage Job Act and certain tax credits.
Special education program teachers of 3- and 4-year-old children; provide full funding under MAEP.
School board members and district personnel; provide enhanced criminal penalties for assault against.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement and be reemployed as teachers under certain circumstances.
Retirement; increase PERS formula to 2-3/4% for 30 years or more of creditable service.
State Superintendent of Education; revise manner of setting salary of.
Teachers; provide additional base compensation for certain, based on Mississippi Performance Base Pay Plan.
Commissioner of Higher Education; require salary to be subject to approval of State Personnel Board.
Retirement; PERS members w/30 years' service may receive 48 months of maximum benefit under PLSO.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize new temporary and special permits to serve or sell.
Mental health; repeal law establishing the Specialized Treatment Facility for Emotionally Disturbed in Harrison County.
MS Civil Rights Trail; Archives & History designate specific sites for markers to identify MS civil rights historical sites.
Universities and colleges; create task force to study graduation rates at.
PERS; increase number of years required for retirement at any age for persons hired on or after July 1, 2009.
Residential builders and remodelers; revise licensing and certain other provisions.
Crimes; revise prohibition against animal fights.
Crimes; revise crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities.
Income tax refund checkoff; authorize for Mississippi Council for Economic Education.
Alternative school program; require State Board of Education establish guidelines for education & workforce development opportunities.
Ad valorem tax; bring forward certain sections of law regarding assessment of property for purposes of.
Alcoholic beverages; allow certain limited sales in dry county, subject to election and specific conditions.
Mississippi Charter Public School Act; create.
Highly qualified teachers; authorize local school boards to delegate recommending authority to certain personnel for hiring of.
Public education; delete all repealers on statutes relating to.
School buses; authorize districts to adopt policy allowing advertising on.
School teacher health insurance premium assistance account; establish to pay premiums of school teachers with 30 years of service.
Bonds; increase amt. that may be issued to provide loans for development in Farish St. Historic Dist., clarify use of loan proceeds.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Passed the House · 8
Cause of action; create specific claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Appropriation; State Board of Education for Adequate Education Program for FY09.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Out of committee · 1
School of the Arts; close at Brookhaven campus and relocate on campus of MUW.
In committee · 4
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Motor vehicle ad valorem tax credit; increase for fiscal year 2010.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.