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MSSB2332FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Mississippi Adequate Education Program Funding Formula To Provide That For Each Fiscal Year Between The Recalculation Of The Base Student Cost, The Base Student Cost Shall Be I...
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2024-05-14
Died by Other Means
MSSB2144PassAn Act To Amend Sections 23-15-171, 23-15-191, 23-15-193, 23-15-213, 23-15-833, 23-15-857, 23-15-981, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1083, 37-5-9, 37-7-215, 37-7-217, 37-7-227 And 37-7-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Time For Holding Runoff Elections...
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2024-05-13
Approved by Governor
MSHB1163PassAn Act To Amend Section 21-25-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Boards Of Trustees Of Community And Junior Colleges To Enter Into Contract With A Municipality For The Provision Of Fire Protection Services; To Amend Section 37-29-231, Mis...
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2024-05-13
Approved by Governor
MSHB1229PassAn Act To Amend Sections 37-181-5, 37-181-9, 37-181-13, 37-181-15, 37-181-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And Section 37-181-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 4130, 2024 Regular Session, Which Provide For The Education Scholarsh...
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2024-05-13
Approved by Governor
MSHB1624PassAn Act To Establish State Standards And Operating Procedures For Local Court-appointed Special Advocate (casa) Programs; To Define Certain Terms; To Authorize A Youth Court Judge To Establish A Local Casa Program Governed By A Local Board Of Director...
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2024-05-13
Approved by Governor
MSSB2848PassAn Act To Amend Section 27-104-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund The Full Amount Of Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund...
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2024-05-13
Approved by Governor
MSHB765PassAn Act To Reenact Sections 37-159-1, 37-159-5, 37-159-7, 37-159-9, 37-159-11, 37-159-13 And 37-159-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act Of 1998 And Include The University Assisted Teacher Recrui...
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2024-05-10
Approved by Governor
MSSB2695PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-25-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The School Board Of Any School District Maintaining A Secondary School Shall Establish And Maintain Driver Education And Training Programs For Pupils Enrolled In The Secondary...
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2024-05-10
Approved by Governor
MSHB315PassAn Act To Amend Sections 25-15-13, 37-13-91, 37-23-63, 41-4-18, 41-7-173, 41-7-191 And 43-7-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modernize The Terminology That Is Used In State Statutes To Refer To Persons With An Intellectual Disability By Replacing The...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSHB770PassAn Act To Amend Sections 37-153-7 And 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Expiration Date On The Exemption For The Office Of Workforce Development From The Requirements Of The Public Procurement Review Board Which Relate To Rental Agree...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSSB2232PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-7-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of School Board Members In The Newton Municipal School District Beginning With The November 2024 Election; To Set Certain Procedures For The Appointment Of Member...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSSB2408PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Shall Require All On-campus Faculty, Staff And Students Attending Any State Institution To Be Issued An Identi...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSHB1567PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-73-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Modify The Directive Of The Office Of Workforce Development From Piloting A Career Coaching Program In Middle Schools And High Schools, To Implementing Such Program For The Long Term; To A...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSSB2799PassAn Act Relating To Appointments To State Boards And Commissions And Agency Director Positions By Public Officials Which Require Senate Confirmation; To Amend Sections 7-1-35, 73-4-7, 73-4-11, 37-155-7, 37-4-3, 49-2-4, 49-2-5, 41-4-3, 41-4-7, 73-19-7,...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSSB2729PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-144-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Related To The Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program To Allow Students From All Areas Of The State; To Amend Section 37-144-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Ad...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSHB4130PassAn Act To Create The "mississippi Student Funding Formula" For The Purpose Of Funding Of Public Education In The State Of Mississippi; To Create New Section 37-151-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms, Including "net Enrollment," "t...
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2024-05-08
Approved by Governor
MSSB2825FailAn Act To Make Certain Technical Revisions To Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations; To Amend Section 7, Chapter 15, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Amount Of Funds Provided For The Administrative Support Of The Mississippi Autism Board From The Appropriation ...
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2024-05-02
Died In Conference
MSHB1706FailAn Act To Bring Forward Section 27-104-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 27-104-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Fiscal O...
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2024-05-02
Died In Conference
MSHB1192FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-161-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Creation Of Virtual Public Schools To Be Operated By Local School Districts, Regional Education Service Agencies Or Locally Sponsored Virtual Public Schools; To Define The T...
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2024-04-29
Died In Conference
MSSB2570FailAn Act To Amend Sections 27-104-7 And 37-153-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Time Period Of The Exemption For The Office Of Workforce Development From Certain Public Procurement Review Board Provisions Related To Rental Agreements Or Leasi...
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2024-04-29
Died In Conference
MSHB1379FailAn Act To Create "the Students Safe At School Act"; To Define Terms Under The Act; To Outline Standards; To Provide For Student Health And Wellness Protocols; To Set Forth Notice Requirements; To Address Student Participation In Shooter Drills; To Ad...
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2024-04-29
Died In Conference
MSSB2682FailAn Act To Reenact Sections 37-159-1, 37-159-5, 37-159-7, 37-159-9, 37-159-11, 37-159-13 And 37-159-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act Of 1998 And Include The University Assisted Teacher Recrui...
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2024-04-29
Died In Conference
MSSB2689FailAn Act To Require The Discontinuation Of End-of-course Subject Area Testing In Public High Schools For 11th And 12th Grades; To Require The Department To Secure Approval From The United States Department Of Education To Allow Nationally Recognized Co...
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2024-04-29
Died In Conference
MSHB1683FailAn Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-28-1, 37-28-3, 37-28-5, 37-28-7, 37-28-9, 37-28-11, 37-28-13, 37-28-15, 37-28-17, 37-28-19, 37-28-21, 37-28-23, 37-28-25, 37-28-27, 37-28-29, 37-28-31, 37-28-33, 37-28-35, 37-28-37, 37-28-39, 37-28-41, 37-28-43, 37...
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2024-04-29
Died In Conference
MSSB2693FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedure By Which The State Board Of Education May Place A Failing School Or School District Into A District Of Transformation; To Establish Relevant Criteria For Schools Or S...
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2024-04-25
Died On Calendar
MSHB1696PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedure By Which The State Board Of Education May Place A Failing School Or School District Into A District Of Transformation; To Establish Relevant Criteria For Schools Or S...
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2024-04-25
Approved by Governor
MSSB2681PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-173-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship For Students With Dyslexia Program By Making Certified Academic Language Therapists (calt) Eligible To Be Employed By School Districts To Provide D...
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2024-04-22
Law W/out Governor's Signature
MSHB939PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-147-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise And Clarify The Composition Of The Mississippi University Research Authority; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-04-20
Approved by Governor
MSHB1194PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-15-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Report Aggregate Data Concerning Public School Expulsions Which Does Not Disclose Students' Personally Identifiable Information; And For Rela...
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2024-04-20
Approved by Governor
MSHB1230PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-7-104.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Bonding Authority Of The School Board For The Starkville-oktibbeha Consolidated School District Until July 1, 2027; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-04-20
Approved by Governor
MSHB1341PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The School Enrollment Choices Of Children Whose Parents Are Active Members Of The United States Armed Forces Or Civilian Military Personnel; To Allow The Children Of Active Member...
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2024-04-20
Approved by Governor
MSHB1669PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-21-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Qualification For An Assistant Teacher To Include A High School Diploma/ged And A Child Development Associate Credential, A Montessori Certification Or An Equivalent Certificati...
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2024-04-20
Approved by Governor
MSSB2417PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-97-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Act May Be Cited As The "mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation And Publicity Rights Act"; To Amend Section 37-97-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Th...
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2024-04-18
Approved by Governor
MSSB2556PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Provide Certain Data Metrics Relating To Achievement And Non-achievement Effects Of The Early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013 To Better Measure P...
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2024-04-17
Approved by Governor
MSSB2572PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-153-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Proxy Participation In Meetings Of The State Workforce Investment Board In Order To Meet A Quorum; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-04-17
Approved by Governor
MSHB1982FailAn Act To Establish The "mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (ms Ross) Act" For The Purpose Of Authorizing The Department Of Public Safety To Assist Local Law Enforcement Agencies And School Governing Bodies With The Cost Of Employing ...
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2024-04-16
Died In Committee
MSSB2246PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-151-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make A Technical Change To The Provisions That Establish The Preschool Reporting Requirement For Special Education Students To Ensure The Reporting Of All Ages Of Preschool Children; And...
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2024-04-15
Approved by Governor
MSSB2339PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Board Of Education Shall Develop A Curriculum Related To The Study Of Sign Language Which Shall Count As An Academic Credit For Foreign Languages For The Purposes Of...
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2024-04-15
Approved by Governor
MSSB2740PassAn Act To Amend Sections 19-7-7, 21-37-45 And 37-7-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Counties, Municipalities, School Districts And Political Subdivisions To Pool Their Risks And Negotiate For The Purchase Of Property Insurance, Or The Esta...
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2024-04-15
Approved by Governor
MSSB2169FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No School District Shall Reduce The Local Supplement Or Pay An Individual Assistant Teacher Less Than The State Minimum Salary In A Year In Which The State Minimum Salary Is I...
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSSB2245FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-15-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department Of Education To Report Aggregate Data That Does Not Disclose Any Personally Identifiable Information Of Students; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSSB2407FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-21-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Educational And Certification Requirements Of Assistant Teachers; To Provide That Assistant Teachers May Possess A High School Diploma/ged And A Child Development Credential, A ...
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSHB1303FailAn Act To Amend Sections 73-77-1, 73-77-3, 73-77-5, 73-77-7 And 73-77-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Fresh Start Act; To Provide That The Fresh Start Act Shall Supersede Any Other Provision Of Law To The Contrary; To Make Technical, Nonsu...
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSHB1404FailAn Act To Amend Sections 23-15-171, 23-15-191, 23-15-193, 23-15-213, 23-15-833, 23-15-857, 23-15-981, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1083, 37-5-9, 37-7-215, 37-7-217, 37-7-227 And 37-7-711, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Time For Holding Runoff Elections...
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSSB2690FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Allowed The Authorizer To Receive 3% Of Annual Per-pupil Allocations For Charter Schools; To Provide That The Legislature May Fund The Authorizer Through Specifi...
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSSB2684FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Aid School Districts In Creating Technology And Disaster Recovery Plans; To Require The Department To Periodically Conduct Surveys On Technology Progr...
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2024-04-10
Died On Calendar
MSSB2557PassAn Act To Amend Section 37-113-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, Upon Recommendation Of The Director Of The Agricultural And Forestry Experimental Station At The Mississippi Sta...
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2024-04-08
Approved by Governor
MSHB1704PassAn Act To Amend Section 7 Of Chapter 15, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The Board Of Psychology To Revise The Amount Of Funds Provided For The Administrative Support Of The Mississippi Autism Board; To Amend Section 4 O...
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2024-04-08
Approved by Governor
MSHB42FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-146-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Students Admitted Annually To The Mississippi Rural Dentist Scholarship Program From Three To Six; To Amend Section 37-146-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Rename Th...
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2024-04-02
Died In Committee
MSHB73FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-13-81, 37-13-83, 37-13-85, 37-13-87 And 37-13-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Name Of The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement And Dropout Prevention Within The State Department Of Education; To P...
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2024-04-02
Died In Committee
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