Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, House.
Cecil Brown
Sponsored
Became law18
Mississippi Recovery School District; appointment of Deputy Superintendent for shall be subject to approval by State Bd. of Edu.
Exceptional children; repeal law requiring a due process hearing relating to certain services provided for.
GED programs; revise entrance requirements for certain students and require end-of-course subject area testing.
School district transportation plans; delete responsibility of State Board of Education to regulate.
Uniform basic skills testing standards; preserve integrity and validity of assessment.
Office of Compulsory School Attendance; extend date by which its annual report is submitted.
Task Force to study strategies for solving the current teacher shortage in Mississippi; establish.
MS Virtual Public School Program; revise operation of and time period for which evaluation of must be performed.
Healthier School Initiative; require the State Department of Education to implement to incentivize schools.
Office of Healthy Schools; require to provide comprehensive training on certain food service practices.
Schools at risk; revise certain provisions relating to.
School District Maintenance Fund; require district to file budget cuts plan if falls below 7% ending balance of.
MS School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act; create.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Income tax; exclude amounts converted from traditional IRA to Roth IRA from gross income.
Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ and State Department of Health to borrow for loan programs.
Vetoed1
Public property; authorize DFA to sell and convey the "Old School for the Blind" property.
Passed the House10
School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
Educator sexual misconduct; revise reporting requirements and criminal penalty for such with a student.
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise certain provisions of regulatory laws.
Student assessments testing instruments and procedures; provide for accommodations for, rather than modification of, for certain students.
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; allow to form a nonprofit foundation.
Statutes relating to public education; delete repealers on certain.
New start school; require transformation of chronically failing school into.
Sixteen Section Principal Funds; authorize school districts under financial hardship to borrow from.
Alternative career track programs and diplomas; require all high schools to provide.
Out of committee4
School of the Arts; close at Brookhaven campus and relocate on campus of MUW.
School cafeteria workers; provide state funded health insurance on a phased-in basis.
MAEP at-risk funds; allow school districts to spend for operational purposes if MAEP not fully funded.
MAEP Funds; grant school districts discretionary spending authority for next two school years.
In committee34
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
Assistant teachers; include under the Education Employment Procedures Law.
School nurses; require school districts to grant same leave allowances as allowed teachers.
Crimes; revise crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities from constituting the crime.
Crimes; revise prohibition against conducting certain animal fights.
Mississippi Charter Public School Act; create.
Ad valorem tax; bring forward certain sections of law regarding assessment of property for purposes of.
Internal audit law; remove condition for specific appropriations to fund, and delay implementation date.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Universities and colleges; create task force to study graduation rates at.
Income tax refund checkoff; authorize for Mississippi Council for Economic Education.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for contributions to qualified tuition programs.
Budget; prohibit certain actions by state agencies during current and next fiscal years.
Elections for state officers; change day of week to Saturday.
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Camp Bratton-Green.
Special education teachers; increase salary under MAEP for teachers of eceptional children of three and four years of age.
Exceptional children; increase the maximum age of individuals required to receive special education services and equipment.
State Superintendent of Public Education; revise manner of setting salary of.
Controlled substances; list ephedrine and pseudoephedrine in Schedule III.
Expunction; provide for certain nonviolent offenses.
Mississippi Recovery School District Charter Program; create.
Universities and colleges; create task force to study graduation rates at.
Alternative diploma/curriculum track for career-technical course of study; require State Department of Education to implement for students interested in.
Tourism; create statewide Mississippi Civil Rights Trail.
Retirement; increase to 30 the years of service required for new teachers to retire regardless of age.
Oil and gas severance taxes; bring forward certain sections regarding.
School superintendents; authorize to furlough employees for no more than three days during 2010-2011 school year.
Department of Employment Security; reenact and amend provisions regarding.
Robert E. Lee Building; authorize DFA to sell.
State agencies; LBO shall not consider budgets of those not meeting statutory energy consumption reduction goals.
Limited liability companies; revise fees.
"Old School for the Blind Property"; authorize DFA and MDA to sell for purposes of redevelopment.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for loans to develop the Farish Street Historic District, clarify use of loan proceeds.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Economic development; create the MS Development Authority Workforce Training Fund, increase bonds for certain industry incentives.
Limited liability companies; require annual reports and revise fees.
Hunting; provide a hunting season for children.
Education Achievement Council; establish to increase educational attainment of the state's working-age population by 2025.
School boards; revise composition of membership in certain school districts.
Municipal cost and penalties against certain property; authorize to be added to tax rolls and collected by tax collector.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Passed the House · 7
Motor vehicle; include all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles in certain definition of.
Sex education; require local school board to adopt a policy to implement abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education into curriculum.
Early Voting Act; create.
Asthma or anaphylaxis medication; revise provisions authorizing self-administration by students.
Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
City of Jackson; delete repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau and expand authority of bureau to contract.
Out of committee · 2
Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.
National Popular Vote; authorize Mississippi to enter an agreement among the states to elect President by.
In committee · 7
State Board of Public Accountancy; revise regulatory laws.
Limited liability companies; enact certain revisions.
Interagency Task Force on Shared Services; create.
Crimes; revise offense of malicious or mischievous injury to a dog or cat.
Bicycles; provide rights and duties of when in traffic with vehicles.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain highway improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.