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SB3008 - Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Rita Potts Parks
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Support And Maintenance Of The Alcorn State University Agricultural Research, Extension And Land-grant Programs For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3009 - Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Rita Potts Parks
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Support And Maintenance Of The Mississippi Agricultural And Forestry Experiment Station For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3014 - Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Rita Potts Parks
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The University Of Mississippi Medical Center For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3011 - Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Rita Potts Parks
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Incurred In The Maintenance And Operation Of The Forest And Wildlife Research Center For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3020 - Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To Defray The Expenses Of The Department Of Public Safety For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3007 - Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Rita Potts Parks
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning For Support Of The Eight Universities' Designated Institutes, Laboratories And Programs For Which They Are Responsible And The Executive Office Of The Board Of Trustees For Fiscal Year 2025; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2348 - State Workforce Investment Board; make technical changes to provisions related thereto.
Dennis L. DeBar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-73-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The State Workforce Investment Board's List Of Nationally Recognized Industry Certifications To Ensure Reimbursement Funds Only Apply To Certain Priority Sectors; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Certain Grant Funds, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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
SB2331 - School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
Dennis L. DeBar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An 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 Provide For The Appointment Of An Executive Director Of The Office By The State Superintendent Of Public Education; To Transfer The Responsibility For Employing And Establishing The Duties Of School Attendance Officers From The State Department Of Education To Local School Districts; To Abolish The Three Regional School Attendance Officer Positions And Replace Those Positions With Regional Coordinators Who Shall Be Responsible For Enforcement Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law Within Their Region; To Provide That The State Superintendent Of Public Education Shall Set The Salary Of Regional Coordinators; To Clarify The Minimum Qualifications Necessary For School Attendance Officers And Remove The Requirement Of The State Personnel Board To Establish Additional Qualifications For School Attendance Officers; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Employed By The State Department Of Education On July 1, 2024, Shall Be Transferred To Employment Status As Employees Of Their Respective School Districts With Work Locations Therein And Shall Enforce Attendance At Charter Schools Located Within The School District; To Provide For The Sharing Of Administrative And Costs-sharing Responsibilities Of Two Or More School Districts Which Were Simultaneously Served By The Same School Attendance Officer; To Provide For The Transfer Of Any Unused Accumulated Leave; To Require The State To Provide Funding For One School Attendance Officer For Every 3,000 Compulsory-school-age Children In Enrollment In The Public Schools Of A County; To Establish The Minimum Salary Of Newly Hired School Attendance Officers Beginning July 1, 2024, And Authorize Local School Boards To Pay Additional Compensation Above The Minimum Salary On A Scale Established By The Local School Board; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Transferred To The Local School District From The State Department Of Education Shall Be Compensated At The Same Salary Received For Fiscal Year 2024 Rate Plus An Additional 25%; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Shall Not Experience Any Interruption Of Service With The Public Employees' Retirement System And The School Employees' Health Insurance Plan As A Result Of The Transfer Of Employment Responsibility; To Amend Sections 37-13-91 And 37-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2343 - Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility criteria.
Dennis L. DeBar
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program To Be Administered By The Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Incentivizing Public School Districts To Maintain Or Consider Adopting A Modified School Calendar By Offsetting Costs Associated With Adopting A Modified School Calendar Through A Time-limited Grant; To Require The Department To Develop Regulations And Procedures To Govern The Administration Of The Grant Program, Including Application Requirements; To Provide For The Eligibility Criteria; To Provide That Grants Awarded Shall Be Used For Expenses Incurred As A Result Of The Adoption Of A Modified School Calendar; To Provide That School Districts Shall Be Eligible For A Maximum Award Of $250,000.00 Per Year For A Maximum Of Three Years; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury, To Be Known As The "mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Fund"; To Require The Department To Provide A Comprehensive Report On The Use Of Funds Distributed Under This Grant Program To The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker Of The House Of Representatives, And Chairs Of The Senate And House Appropriations And Education Committees By October 1, 2024, And October 1 Of Each Year Thereafter; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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