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SB2982 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for enhancing education and infrastructure projects.
Albert Butler, Joseph C. Thomas
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To Claiborne County For The Purpose Of Defraying Costs Associated With Enhancing Education And Infrastructure Projects Within The County For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB2551 - Jurors; increase range of per diem for.
Robert Jackson, Reginald Jackson, Joseph C. Thomas
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-7-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Range Of Compensation Paid To A Juror Per Day For His Or Her Service; 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
SB3077 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Yazoo County for renovation of Jonestown Park.
Joseph C. Thomas
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act Making An Appropriation Of State General Funds To Yazoo County To Defray Costs Associated With The Renovation And Repair Of Jonestown Park For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB3063 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Madison County for the West Madison Utility District.
Joseph C. Thomas
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act Making An Appropriation To Madison County For The Purpose Of Defraying Costs Associated With The Repair And Replacement Of Water Lines Of The West Madison Utility District For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB3229 - Suffrage; restore to Stanley Barnes.
Albert Butler, Joseph C. Thomas, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Restore The Right Of Suffrage To Stanley Barnes, Of Claiborne County, Mississippi.
STATUS
Failed
SB2693 - Failing schools and districts of transformation; revise certain provisions related thereto.
W. Briggs Hopson, Joseph C. Thomas, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedure By Which The State Board Of Education May Place A Failing School Or School District Into A District Of Transformation; To Establish Relevant Criteria For Schools Or School Districts To Be Placed Into Such Districts; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Mississippi Recovery School Districts, School Boards Of Failing Schools And Elections Of Members Of Failing School Boards; To Provide That Districts That Are Placed Into District Transformation Shall Be Eligible To Return To Local Control When The District Has Attained A "c" Rating Or Higher For Three Consecutive Years; To Create New Section 37-17-6.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Related To The Mississippi Achievement School District Which Includes The Yazoo City Municipal School District And The Humphreys County School District; To Provide Certain Timelines On The Transition Of Such Districts Into Districts Of Transformation; To Provide That The Board Of Education Shall Have The Authority To Determine When Such District Is Ready To Be Reconstituted, Reorganized And Returned To Local Control; To Delete Certain Outdated Language; To Amend Section 37-17-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Date Of Repeal On The Section; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Failing Schools; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Repeal Section 37-17-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Mississippi Achievement School District, On July 1, 2025; 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
SR81 - Commend Canton High School "Tigers" Boys Basketball Team for MHSAA Class 5A State Championship.
Bradford Blackmon, Joseph C. Thomas
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Canton High School "tigers" Boys Basketball Team And Head Coach B.j. Townsend For Their Thrilling Victory In The Mhsaa Class 5a State Championship.
STATUS
Passed
SB3145 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Mississippi Symphony Orchestra to expand art education statewide.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Robin Robinson, Hillman Terome Frazier
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra For The Purpose Of Defraying The Costs Of Expanding Art Education Statewide For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
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