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SB3071 - Income tax; authorize credit for certain costs of land conversion to pasture suitable for agriculture.
Andy Berry, Charles A. Younger, Joey Fillingane
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide An Income Tax Credit For Certain Taxpayers Who Incur Costs For Certain Practices To Convert Various Kinds Of Land Into Pasture Land Suitable For Agricultural Production; To Limit The Amount Of Such Income Tax Credit; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC540 - Recognize legacy of Rosie S. Simmons as the first African American since Reconstruction to serve as Bolivar County Circuit Clerk.
Willie Simmons, Sarita M. Simmons, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Recognizing The Legacy Of Rosie S. Simmons As The First African American Since Reconstruction To Serve As Circuit Clerk Of Bolivar County, Mississippi.
STATUS
Passed
SB3165 - Appropriation; additional to MDOT-Surface Transportation Projects, ARPA funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund To The Mississippi Department Of Transportation For The Purpose Of Providing Funding For Allowable Surface Transportation Projects Included In The Maintenance Program Of The Mdot Three-year Plan, For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB2332 - MAEP; revise funding formula.
Dennis L. DeBar, Michael W. McLendon, David Blount
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An 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 Increased By An Amount Equal To 25% Of The Base Student Cost For The Previous Fiscal Year, Multiplied By The 20-year Average Annual Rate Of Inflation Rounded Up To The Nearest Tenth Of A Percent For The State Of Mississippi As Determined By The State Economist, Plus Any Adjustments For Additional State Requirements Such As, But Not Limited To, Teacher Pay Raises And Health Insurance Premium Increases; To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Certify To Each School District That 28 Mills, Less The Estimated Amount Of The Yield Of The School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund Grants As Determined By The State Department Of Education, Shall Be The Millage Rate Required To Provide The District Required Local Effort For That Year, Or 29.5% Of The Basic Adequate Education Program Cost For Such School District, Whichever Is A Lesser Amount; To Require 90% Of State Contributions To The Adequate Education Program Funds Be Spent On Teacher Salaries, Classroom Resources, Add-on Program Costs And Expenses Other Than Salaries For Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Principals, And Assistant Principals, Or Equivalent Heads Of District Or School In Charter Schools; To Provide That If Any Charter Student Returns To The School District In Which The Public Charter School Is Located, The Charter School Shall Return A Prorated Share Of Adequate Education Program Payments For The Student; To Provide That The Methodology For The Required State Effort In Support Of The Adequate Education Program Shall Be Determined By Subtracting The Sum Of The Required Local Tax Effort And The Other Local Revenue Sources In An Amount Not To Exceed 29.5% Of The Total Projected Adequate Education Program Cost From The Total Projected Adequate Education Program Cost; To Delete Certain Outdated Language; To Provide That In Fiscal Year 2025, Subject To Appropriations, No School District Shall Receive Less Than A District Received In Said State Contribution In Fiscal Year 2024; To Amend Section 37-57-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2685 - Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.
David Parker, Bart Williams, Robert Jackson
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Persons Who Have At Least 30 Years Of Creditable Service In The Public Employees' Retirement System, Who Were Employed As Public School Teachers At The Time Of Their Retirement And Who Have Been Retired At Least 90 Days And Receiving A Retirement Allowance, May Be Employed As Teachers In Certain Public School Districts After Their Retirement And Receive A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System During Their Employment As Teachers In Addition To A Set Salary; To Provide That Such Retired Teachers Shall Be Eligible To Return To Teaching And Continue To Receive A Retirement Benefit For A Total Of Five Years; To Stipulate The Amount To Be Paid By School Districts, Which Avail Themselves Of Reemploying Retired Teachers To Pers; To Provide That Any Time Worked By A Retired Teacher In A School District That Is Less Than A Full Contractual Term Of Traditional Teachers Shall Constitute One Of The Five Years Of Post-retirement Teaching Eligibility And The Salary Authorized For Such Individual Shall Be Prorated For Any Time Worked Less Than A Full Academic Year; To Provide That A Retired Teacher Shall Not Be Restricted To Teaching In One School District For His Or Her Period Of Post-retirement Teaching Eligibility; To Provide That School Districts May Employ Retired Teachers Based On Certain Critical Teacher Shortage Criteria Developed By The Department Of Education; To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Minimum Salary For Retired Teachers Returning To The Classroom; To Allow Retired Teachers Who Had Received National Board Certification Prior To Retirement To Continue Receiving The Annual Supplement For Such Certification; To Amend Sections 25-11-123 And 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB3000 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation for construction of a facility.
Willie Simmons, Sarita M. Simmons, Albert Butler
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation For The Purpose Of Defraying Expenses Related To The Construction Of A Facility For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB2992 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Copiah County for expanding broadband within the county.
Andy Berry, Albert Butler
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To Copiah County For The Purpose Of Expanding Broadband Services To Unserved And Underserved Areas Within The County, For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SR49 - Recognize six players and coaches with Mississippi ties at Super Bowl LVIII.
Robert Jackson, Reginald Jackson, Chris Johnson
Last updated 8 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing The Six Players And Coaches With State Of Mississippi Connections At Super Bowl Lviii Between The Kansas City Chiefs And The San Francisco 49ers.
STATUS
Passed
SC536 - Extend congratulations of Legislature to Blues Legend Bobby Rush for winning 3rd Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album."
Sollie B. Norwood, Willie Simmons, Sarita M. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Saluting And Extending The Congratulations Of The Mississippi Legislature To 90-year-old Blues Legend Bobby Rush For Winning A 2024 Grammy Award For "best Traditional Blues Album" At The 66th Grammy Awards For His Album Entitled All My Love For You.
STATUS
Passed
SB2689 - State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions.
Dennis L. DeBar, David Parker, Daniel H. Sparks
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An 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 College-readiness And Career-readiness Exams, Such As, But Not Limited To, The Act And Act Workkeys Assessment, To Serve As Compliance With Any Federal Testing Requirements; To Require All High School Students To Take A Nationally Recognized College-readiness And Career-readiness Tests, Such As The Act And Act Workkeys Assessments; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Related To The State's Permanent Performance-based Accreditation System For Schools; To Amend Sections 37-16-3, 37-16-7, 37-16-17, 37-3-49, 37-15-38 And 37-35-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provision Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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