Mississippi 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1417
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Require The State Department Of Education And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Establish And Implement A Program Known As The "health Careers Academy" For Public School Students In Grades 9 Through 12; To Provide That The Purpose Of The Academy Will Be To Stimulate Interest In Science, Mathematics, Language Arts, Critical Thinking And Health Care Professions; To Require The Academy To Be Conducted As A Six-week Nonresidential Summer Program At The University Of Mississippi Medical Center; To Require The State Department Of Education And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Jointly Develop The Criteria And Process To Be Used In A Random Selection Of Candidates; To Require That The Criteria And Process Used Be Nondiscriminatory In Nature; To Prescribe The Eligibility Requirements For Participation In The Academy; To Prescribe The Components To Be Included In The Academy; To Require The Academy To Provide Full-day Instruction During The Course Of The Program; To Require Participating Students To Complete Certain Tasks And Research Projects; To Limit Participation In The Academy To Mississippi Residents In Grades 9 Through 12 Who Attend A Public School; To Require Eligible Persons To Submit An Application For Participation To The State Department Of Education; To Require The Department To Make The Applications Available To All School Districts By A Certain Date And To Establish The Deadline For Acceptance Of Applications; To Require The Department To Forward The Completed Applications To The Vice Chancellor For Health Affairs At The University Of Mississippi Medical Center At The Closing Date For Acceptance Of Applications; To Provide An Incentive In The Form Of A Stipend For Students Participating In The Academy; To Establish The Health Careers Academy Trust Fund In The State Treasury To Provide Support To Local School Districts And The University Of Mississippi Medical Center For Start-up Costs And Costs Associated With Implementing And Operating The Academy; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1418
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Be Known As "vision 2030: An Education Blueprint For Two Thousand Thirty"; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt A Rule That Includes Goals, Objectives, Strategies, Indicators And Benchmarks; To Establish Goals For Higher Education In The State Of Mississippi; To Create An Education Partnership To Achieve State Goals And Objectives; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1419
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Be Known As The "dropout Prevention And Student Re-engagement Act"; To Declare The Legislative Intent To Decrease The High School Dropout Rate And Increase The Graduation Rate; To Define Terms Used In This Act; To Amend Section 37-13-80, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Office Of Dropout Prevention To Use Certain Funding To Implement This Act; To Require The Office To Collaborate With Local Educational Agencies To Reduce The Statewide And Local Student Dropout Rates And To Increase The Statewide And Local Graduation And Completion Rates In The State; To Require The Office To Take Certain Actions With Regard To The Evaluation And Implementation Of Policies Used By Local Educational Agencies In Analyzing Dropout Rates And Graduation And Completion Rates; To Require The Office To Identify Local Educational Agencies Failing To Meet Their Established Graduation And Completion Rate Expectations; To Require The Department To Provide Technical Assistance To Certain Local Educational Agencies; To Require The Office To Review The Existing Research And Data And Compile A Report Of Effective Dropout Prevention And Student Engagement And Re-engagement Policies And Strategies Implemented By Local Educational Agencies Within This State And In Other States; To Amend Section 37-13-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement To Analyze Data Collected By The Local Educational Agencies For Purposes Of Compiling A Report To Be Submitted To The Board And The Legislature; To Require High Priority And Priority Local Educational Agencies To Conduct A Practices Assessment; To Require High Priority Local Educational Agencies To Adopt A Student Graduation And Completion Plan And Prescribe Its Required Components; To Require Local Educational Agencies To Notify A Student's Parent If The Student Drops Out Of School; To Establish The Student Re-engagement Grant Program Fund In The State Treasury For The Purpose Of Providing Grants To Local Educational Agencies For Use In Providing Educational Services And Supports To Students And To Provide For Its Funding; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB142
Introduced
1/4/23
Refer
1/4/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; To Require The Council To Assist The Mississippi Home Corporation In The Creation And Administration Of A Special Needs Housing Program; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1420
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 37-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Any Student Who Reaches The Age Of Six Before December 31 Of Any Calendar Year To Enroll In First Grade At The Start Of The School Year During Which He Attains The Age Of Six; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1421
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
2/22/23
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation The Retail Sales Of Certain Electronic Devices, Educational Software, Textbooks And Other School-related Supplies During The Last Weekend In July; To Provide That Before Such Exemption May Take Effect It Must First Be Authorized By The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality For Retail Sales Occurring Within The Corporate Limits Of The Municipality, Or Board Of Supervisors Of A County For Retail Sales Occurring In The County Outside The Corporate Limits Of A Municipality; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1422
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who Knowingly Causes A Child To Violate The Uniform Controlled Substance Law Or To Participate In Gangs Or Gang Related Activities Shall Be Guilty Of Contributing To The Delinquency Of A Minor; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1423
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 41-29-147, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise How A Second Or Subsequent Offense Is Calculated; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1424
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The College And Career Readiness Planning Program In Order To Lower Educational Costs, Shorten A Student's Time To Complete A Degree And Increase The Overall Success Rate Of Students By Reducing The Need For Remediation; To Require Public Schools To Administer Certain Assessments In Order To Ensure That Students Have The Career Readiness Skills Necessary To Compete In The Global Economy; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1425
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Provide An Allocation Of Funds Under The Adequate Education Program To School Districts Having The Highest Incidences Of Crime And Violence For The Purpose Of Employing Social Workers; To Direct The State Department Of Education To Determine Which School Districts Shall Receive Allocations For Social Workers; To Require Social Workers Employed With Those Funds To Be Appropriately Licensed; To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Activities Of Social Workers; To Require The State Department Of Education And The Department Of Human Services To Jointly Establish A Program To Make The Services Of Social Workers Accessible In Public Schools Throughout The State Via Video Conferencing Means; To Require The Department Of Human Services To Employ Ten Social Workers To Staff The Video Conferencing Program; To Authorize School Guidance Counselors Who Identify A Need For The Services Of A Social Worker To Arrange For Those Services Via The Video Conferencing Program; To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1426
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Require The State Board Of Education, Acting Jointly With The State Board Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services, To Establish A Professional School Counselors Pilot Program; To Require The State Department Of Education, The State Department Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To Determine The School Districts In Which The Pilot Program Will Be Implemented; To Require The State Department Of Education, The State Department Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of The Pilot Program; To Prohibit Any Effort To Counsel That Abortion Can Be Used To Prevent The Birth Of A Baby; To Require The State Department Of Education, With The Input Of The State Department Of Health And The Mississippi Department Of Human Services, To Submit A Report On The Pilot Program To The Chairmen Of Certain Legislative Committees Before January 1, 2028; To Amend Section 37-9-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1427
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Improve Mathematics And Science Instruction In Mississippi's Public Schools Through The Development And Adoption Of New Learning Standards; To Require Middle Schools To Provide Programs Directly Or In Cooperation With Community Colleges Or Other School Districts To Enhance The College Entrance And Work Opportunity Possibilities; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1428
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Establish The Early Commitment To College Program; To Require A School Or School District With An "f" Accountability Rating, As Defined By The State Board Of Education, To Be Designated As A College Opportunity Zone; To Require The School Or School District To Provide All Students Enrolled In Sixth Through Ninth Grades An Opportunity To Sign A "save Me A Spot In College" Pledge; To Authorize Schools Or Districts Not Having The College Opportunity Zone Designation To Allow Certain Students To Participate In The Program; To Prescribe The Duties And Responsibilities Of The State Department Of Education With Respect To The Administration Of The Program; To Authorize A Fee Waiver For Students Completing The Program To Attend A Public Community Or Junior College Or State Institution Of Higher Learning; To Require The Department To Submit An Annual Report To The Legislature; To Authorize Certain Public And Private Entities To Collaborate To Provide Support Services In Coordination With Local School Districts To Effectively Implement This Act; To Provide For The Repeal Of The Preceding Provisions Of This Act On July 1, 2032; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1429
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 47-7-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Offender Who Is On Probation And Parole May Be Awarded Earned-discharge Credit If He Or She Participates In Faith-based Activities Or Faith-based Sponsored Activities; To Require Certain Reporting Requirements In Order For An Offender To Receive Such Credit; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB143
Introduced
1/4/23
Refer
1/4/23
Failed
2/22/23
An Act To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Overtime Compensation From The Definition Of "gross Income" For Purposes Of The State Income Tax Law; And For Related Purposes.