Bill Text: MS SB2188 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Payroll date for school district employees; revise.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2188 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2188-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Education; Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Senator(s) Hudson
Senate Bill 2188
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-151-103 AND 37-9-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PAYROLL DATE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-151-103, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-151-103. (1) Funds due
each school district and charter school
under the terms of this chapter from the Adequate Education Program Fund shall
be paid in the following manner: Two (2) business days prior to the last
working day of each month there shall be paid to each school district and charter school, by electronic funds
transfer, one-twelfth (1/12) of the funds
to which the district or charter school
is entitled from funds appropriated for the Adequate Education Program Fund.
However, in December those payments shall be made on December 15th or the next
business day after that date. All school districts shall process a * * * semimonthly payroll on
the 15th and last day of the month or the next business day after that date,
with electronic settlement of payroll checks secured through direct deposit of
net pay for all school district employees. In addition, the State Department
of Education may pay school districts and
charter schools from the common school fund and the Adequate Education
Program Fund on a date earlier than provided for by this section if it is
determined that it is in the best interest of school districts and charter schools to do so.
Provided, however, that if the cash balance in the State General Fund is not adequate on the due date to pay the amounts due to all school districts and charter schools in the state as determined by the State Superintendent of Education, the State Fiscal Officer shall not transfer said funds payable to any school district or districts or charter schools until money is available to pay the amount due to all districts and charter schools.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law requiring the number of children in average daily attendance or the average daily attendance of transported children to be determined on the basis of the preceding year, the State Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to make proper adjustments in allotments in cases where major changes in the number of children in average daily attendance or the average daily attendance of transported children occurs from one year to another as a result of changes or alterations in the boundaries of school districts, the sending of children from one county or district to another upon a contract basis, the termination or discontinuance of a contract for the sending of children from one county or district to another, a change in or relocation of attendance centers, or for any other reason which would result in a major decrease or increase in the number of children in average daily attendance or the average daily attendance of transported children during the current school year as compared with the preceding year.
(3) In the event of an inordinately large number of absentees in any school district or charter school as a result of epidemic, natural disaster, or any concerted activity discouraging school attendance, then in such event school attendance for the purposes of determining average daily attendance under the adequate education program shall be based upon the average daily attendance for the preceding school year for such school district or charter school.
SECTION 2. Section 37-9-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-9-39. Salary or
wages paid to any employee of any school shall be paid on a semimonthly
basis * * * on the 15th and the last day
of the month or the next business day after that date, except for December,
when salaries or wages shall be paid by the last working day. Salaries or
wages shall be paid at a minimum on a monthly basis. Any school employee whose
employment ends during a school term, regardless of the reason(s) the
employment ended, shall be paid salary or wages only for that portion of the
school term that employee actually worked. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to entitle any employee to payment of salary or wages when no work
has been performed.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
