Bills & Legislation

"Mississippi School Resource Officers Safety Act"; fund school security officers.

Brian RhodesRepublican

School behavior modification plans; revise definitions, standards and procedures concerning disability.

Rod HickmanDemocrat

Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise standards and procedures to include disability assessment.

Rod HickmanDemocrat

Prayer in school; expand protections and authorize school boards to designate specific periods for.

Albert ButlerDemocrat

Study Committee on Mathematical Literacy; create.

David BlountDemocrat

Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains.

Jeff TateRepublican

Public schools; revise accountability framework.

Turner-Ford

School-based clinics and school nurses; direct State Department of Education to establish minimum standards and salary schedule.

Kamesha B. MumfordDemocrat

Exceptional children; authorize grant program for autism specialists, professional development and sensory supports.

Sarita Simmons

Public schools; provide salary supplement for certified strength and conditioning coaches meeting certain requirements.

Nicole BoydRepublican

Alyssa's Law; enact to require public schools to implement a panic alert system making use of wearable panic alert devices.

Lydia Graves ChassaniolRepublican

The Students Safe at School Act; enact to provide for certain notice requirements for school shooting drills.

Nicole BoydRepublican

Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of.

Nicole BoydRepublican

Receipts from taxes for school purposes; bring forward code section related to.

Nicole BoydRepublican

Public schools; require each school to employ licensed mental health counselor, with whom students shall meet once a year.

Reginald JacksonDemocrat

Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; standardize reference to approved therapy training programs.

Jeremy EnglandRepublican

Regional educational service agencies; specify authority for bulk purchasing.

Chad McMahanRepublican

Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding.

Rod HickmanDemocrat

Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.

Sollie B. NorwoodDemocrat

Charter schools; bring forward code section regarding payments from State Department of Education.

Sollie B. NorwoodDemocrat

Literacy in Grades 4 through 8; develop intervention strategies to support the promotion of.

DeBar

School and district consolidation; create plan with help of Standing Commission on School District Efficiency.

DeBar

School attendance officers; require training for IDEA and � 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Rod HickmanDemocrat

Building Regional Infrastructure for Diverse Growth in Education (BRIDGE) Act; enact.

Nicole BoydRepublican

Charter school teachers; limit exemption from educational qualifications to programs not receiving grants from MDE.

DeBar

J.P. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act; enact.

Daniel H. SparksRepublican

Early learning collaboratives; transfer State Invested Pre-K (SIP) Program monies and participants to.

Brice WigginsRepublican

Sudden death; require medical examiners to report vaccinations and emergency countermeasures within 90 days prior to.

Angela Burks HillRepublican

Department of Mental Health and Community Mental Health Centers; bring forward various code sections related to.

Hob BryanDemocrat

Capacity Project Fund; direct transfer to.

J. Walter MichelRepublican

"Creating Transparency and Accountability in Dental Services Act"; enact.

J. Walter MichelRepublican

Rural Health Transformation Fund monies; require certain recipients of to be subject to competitive bidding process.

Hob BryanDemocrat

Department of Youth Services; bring forward code sections related to.

Hob BryanDemocrat

Tax Sales Study Committee; reconstitute.

Benjamin SuberRepublican

Certificate of Need Law; bring forward provisions of.

Hob BryanDemocrat

State Treasury Efficiency and Transparency Act; enact.

Hopson

State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.

Sarita Simmons

General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Mississippi School of the Arts for support staff.

Jason T BarrettRepublican

General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Holmes County for improvements to the circuit court courthouse.

Bradford BlackmonDemocrat

Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).

Sarita Simmons

General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to City of Gluckstadt for widening Gluckstadt Road.

J. Walter MichelRepublican

Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.

Sarita Simmons

TANF; require DHS to spend maximum allowable amount on child care vouchers.

Sarita Simmons

Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers.

Sarita Simmons

TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers.

Rod HickmanDemocrat

Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.

Sollie B. NorwoodDemocrat

TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings.

Rod HickmanDemocrat

Sudden death; require medical examiners to report vaccinations and emergency countermeasures within 90 days prior to.

Joseph M. SeymourRepublican

Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.

Sarita Simmons

Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Program; provide for foster care under the Department of Child Protection Services.

Kathy L. ChismRepublican