MS HB1431 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-20 - Referred To Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Amend Section 37-7-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That From And After July 1, 2026, All Municipal Separate, Consolidated, Line Consolidated And Special Municipal School Districts In Each County Shall Be Abolished And Joined For Administrative Efficiency Into A Countywide School District With One County Board Of Education And One Appointed County Superintendent Of Education; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Publish An Efficiency Joinder List Of Districts Affected In Order To Create A Countywide School District In Each County And To Require All School Districts To Comply With Administrative Orders Issued By The State Board Of Education; To Provide For The Transfer Of Real And Personal Property Of Affected School Districts; To Provide For Employee Contracts In School Districts Subject To Administrative Efficiency Joinder; To Provide For The Duty To Pay The Outstanding Debt Of School Districts Affected By An Efficiency Joinder; To Provide That The Administrative Efficiency Joinder Shall Not Require The Closing Of Any School Or Facility; To Provide For The Rulemaking Authority Of The State Board Of Education Regarding The Administrative Efficiency Joinder; To Amend Section 37-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Change In The Attendance Zone Of Any School Shall Be Made By A Newly Elected County Board Of Education; To Amend Sections 37-5-1, 37-5-7, 37-5-9 And 37-5-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of Members Of All County Boards Of Education In November 2026 And Every Four Years Thereafter For Four-year Terms; To Provide That The Election Is By Supervisors District With All Electors Residing Therein Eligible To Vote In The Election; To Provide For The Election Of A Member At Large From Any County Having No High School Attendance Center; To Provide For Filling Vacancies On The County Board Of Education; To Bring Forward Sections 37-9-13 And 37-9-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; To Amend Sections 37-6-3, 37-6-5, 37-6-7, 37-6-9, 37-6-11, 37-6-13, 37-6-15 And 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-57-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Supervisors Shall Be The Levying Authority For All Ad Valorem Taxes For The Support Of The School District In The County; To Repeal Sections 37-7-105 Through 37-7-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Procedures For The Abolition, Alteration And Creation Of Public School Districts By Local School Boards And By Petition Of The Electorate; To Repeal Section 37-5-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Certain Residency Requirements For Members Of County Boards Of Education; To Repeal Section 37-5-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Election Of Members Of County Boards Of Education From Special Districts; To Repeal Sections 37-7-201 Through 37-7-229 And 37-7-701 Through 37-7-725, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Qualifications, Election Procedures, Terms Of Office, Petition Procedures, Vacancy Procedures And Optional Selection Methods For Boards Of Trustees Of Municipal Separate School Districts, Consolidated School Districts, Line Consolidated School Districts And Special Municipal Separate School Districts; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

School districts; require administrative efficiency joinder of multiple districts in a county into a single countywide district.

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History

DateChamberAction
2025-01-20HouseReferred To Education

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
371513Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3751Amended CodeSee Bill Text
37519Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3757Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3759Amended CodeSee Bill Text
37571Amended CodeSee Bill Text
37611Amended CodeSee Bill Text
37613Amended CodeSee Bill Text
37615Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3763Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3765Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3767Amended CodeSee Bill Text
3769Amended CodeSee Bill Text
377103Amended CodeSee Bill Text
377301Amended CodeSee Bill Text
37913New CodeSee Bill Text
37925New CodeSee Bill Text

Mississippi State Sources


Bill Comments

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