Bill Text: MS SB2715 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science; relocate to the campus of Mississippi State University.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-15 - Died On Calendar [SB2715 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2715-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Education; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) DeBar
Senate Bill 2715
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-139-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RELOCATE THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TO THE CAMPUS OF MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY BY THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO FACILITATE THE RELOCATION; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO PRESENT A PLAN RELATED TO THE RELOCATION OF THE SCHOOL TO THE LEGISLATURE BY THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COLLABORATES WITH THE STARKVILLE OKTIBBEHA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS NEEDED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-139-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-139-3. (1) There is
hereby created the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science which shall
be a residential school for eleventh and twelfth grade high school students * * *.
(2) The school shall be governed by the State Board of Education.
(3) * * * Beginning
July 1, 2024, the State Board of Education shall develop a plan
relating to the closing of the school's campus located at the Mississippi University
for Women, and the reopening, the operation and the funding of the school as
it is moved to the campus of Mississippi State University. Such plan shall
be presented to the Legislature during the * * * 2025
Regular Session and shall include an equitable and reasonable plan for student
recruitment without regard to race, creed or color. By the 2026-2027 school
year, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science shall be established on
the campus of Mississippi State University. The State Board
of Education shall collaborate with the Board of Trustees of the Institutions of
Higher Learning to facilitate the provisions of this subsection.
(4) The purpose of the school shall be to educate the gifted and talented students of the state, and its curriculum and admissions policies shall reflect such purpose.
(5) The State Board of Education shall prepare the annual budget for the school.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
