Mississippi 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1458
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Establish The Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program For The Purpose Of Helping Eligible Assistant Teachers To Become Licensed Teachers Through The Awarding Of Grants To Attract And Retain Qualified Teachers In The Teaching Profession; To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement And Administer The Grant Program; To Authorize School Districts To Enter Into Agreements With Qualified Assistant Teachers To Waive That Portion Of Their Salary Equal To The Amount Established As The Statutory Minimum Salary In Lieu Of A Grant For Tuition At A Postsecondary Institution For The Completion Of A Baccalaureate Degree For Purposes Of Becoming A Licensed Teacher; To Prescribe The Criteria To Be Used In Determining Eligibility And Requirements Of The Program; To Require The State Board Of Education To Make An Annual Report To The Legislature By December 31 Of Each Year On The Number Of Vacant Teacher Positions That Are Available Throughout The State And The Number Of Teacher Positions Filled By Individuals Who Hold A Provisional Or Emergency License; To Impose Financial Liability Upon Any Individual Who Fails To Fulfill His Or Her Teaching Obligation Under The Grant Program Upon Completing A Baccalaureate Degree; To Amend Section 37-21-7, 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 HB1459
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Provide That A Qualified Elector Who Wishes To Register To Vote May Register On The Day Of The Election And Then Proceed To Cast His Or Her Vote At The Proper Polling Place; To Provide The Location To Conduct The Registration On Election Day; To Provide The Identification Required To Be Presented In Order To Register To Vote On Election Day; To Provide The Procedures That Poll Managers Shall Implement When A Person Registers To Vote On Election Day; To Provide That Election Day Registration Ballots Shall Be Treated The Same As Absentee Ballots For Certain Purposes; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate The Necessary Rules And Regulations To Effectuate Same Day Voter Registration; To Amend Sections 23-15-11, 23-15-13, 23-15-35, 23-15-37, 23-15-39, 23-15-41 And 23-15-125, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB146
Introduced
1/4/23
Refer
1/4/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The "historic Courthouse Fund"; To Provide That The Fund Shall Be Administered By The Department Of Archives And History For The Purpose Of Making Grants To Counties For The Maintenance And/or Restoration Of Historic Courthouses In Mississippi; To Provide That In Order To Receive A Grant From The Fund, A County Must Provide Matching Funds In The Amount Of Twenty-five Percent Of The Grant; To Authorize The Department To Solicit Gifts And Accept Donations For The Fund, And To Sell Donated Property And Deposit The Proceeds In The Fund; To Authorize The Legislature To Appropriate, Transfer Or Otherwise Provide Additional Funds For The Fund; To Provide That All Funds Deposited In The Historic Courthouse Fund Shall Be Expended, Upon Appropriation By The Legislature, By The Department Of Archives And History As Provided In This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1460
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Authorize "d" And "f" Rated School Districts, In Collaboration With A Local Community Or Junior College, To Establish A Summer Youth Training Employment Program For Rising Sophomore Students; To Require A Youth Training Employment Program To Include Components On Soft Skills, Personal Living Skills, And Education And Academics; To Award Students Who Complete The Program With A Certificate Of Completion And A Stipend If Funding Is Made Available For Such Purposes; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1461
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The "former Collegiate Athlete Scholarship Program"; To Authorize Scholarships For Former Collegiate Athletes Who Did Not Complete A Baccalaureate Degree Who Pursue A Degree In Education Or Another Degree Program That Enables The Individual To Be Licensed As A Teacher Through An Alternative Route; To Authorize Scholarship Awards For Up To Three Years; To Require A Scholarship Recipient To Render Service As A Public School Teacher In Exchange For The Scholarship; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Be The Administering Agency Of The Scholarship Program; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1462
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The "2023 Mississippi Youthbuild Pilot Program Act"; To Establish A Youthbuild Program At Coahoma Community College And At Jones County Junior College To Determine The Potential Impact Of Youthbuild On Helping Low Income Youth Rebuild Their Lives And The Communities In Which They Live; To Provide That Certain Disadvantaged Youth Will Be Provided With Opportunities Through The Youthbuild Program For Employment, Education, Leadership Development, Entrepreneurial Skills Development And Training In The Construction Or Rehabilitation Of Housing For Special Needs Populations And Low Income Households; To Define Certain Terms; To Require Each College To Apply For Grant Funding From The United States Department Of Labor; To Require The Department Of Human Services To Provide The College's Required Matching Funds For A Youthbuild Grant; To Specify Certain Services That Must Be Provided Through The Youthbuild Program; To Establish Eligibility Criteria For Participation In The Program; To Require The Division Of Family And Children's Services To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Youthbuild Program Before January 1, 2026; To Bring Forward Section 43-1-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Division Of Family And Children's Services Within The Department Of Human Services, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 43-26-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Mississippi Department Of Child Protection Services, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1463
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
2/22/23
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security For The Purpose Of Funding Summer Youth Employment Programs Throughout The State For The Fiscal Year 2024.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1464
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Establish Summer Youth Work Programs To Facilitate The Employment Of High School Youth In Community Jobs; To Prescribe Eligibility Requirements For Summer Employment Through A Summer Youth Work Program; To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Accept Any Available Public Or Private Funding To Cover The Program's Administrative Costs And Student Employee Wages; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1465
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend Medicaid Coverage For Eligible Women For Twelve Months Postpartum; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1466
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 A Program Known As The "dream Makers Program" For Public School Students In Grades 7 And 8; To Provide That The Purpose Of The Program Will Be To Stimulate Interest In Science, Mathematics And Health Care Professions; To Require The Program To Be Conducted As An After-school Program; To Require The Program To Be A Two-year Course Of Study; To Prescribe The Eligibility Requirements For Participation In And The Components To Be Included In The Program; To Prescribe Attendance Requirements For Participants; To Require Local School Districts To Designate A Program Advisor Responsible For Performing The Necessary Services To Facilitate Activities Of The Program; To Require Each School District To Designate A Regional Coordinator To Assist The Advisor In Meeting Goals, Objectives And Activities; To Require The University Of Mississippi Medical Center To Designate A Staff Member To Act As Project Coordinator Between The Medical Center And The Advisor; To Establish The Dream Makers Trust Fund In The State Treasury To Provide Support To Local School Districts And Schools For Start-up Costs And Costs Associated With Implementing And Operating The Program; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1467
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Require Public School Teachers To Incorporate Into Their Curriculum Daily And Weekly Homework Assignments; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1468
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Direct The Department Of Human Services, State Department Of Health And The Division Of Medicaid To Prepare A Video For Presentation In The Offices In Which Tanf Benefits, Snap Benefits, Food Through The Wic Program, Medicaid Assistance And Chip Benefits Are Provided By Those Agencies; To Provide That The Video Shall Provide Information About Proper Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, Prevention Of And Reducing Obesity, And The Importance Of Breast-feeding Infants; To Provide That Applicants For And Recipients Of Those Benefits May View The Video In The Office Of The Agency; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1469
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Certain Amount Of The Interest Earned Each Fiscal Year On The Sums In The Working Cash-stabilization Reserve Fund Must Be Deposited Into The Ayers Settlement Fund For The Next Ten Fiscal Years; To Delete The Requirement To Make Annual Reductions In The Ayers Endowment Trust After A Certain Amount Has Been Deposited Into The Ayers Settlement Fund Under This Section; To Amend Section 37-101-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB147
Introduced
1/4/23
Refer
1/4/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Require Local School Districts To Adopt Policies Allowing Instructors To Determine The Level Of Intensive Instruction And Intervention Needed By Students Using A Raw Grading Scale For Evaluating Student Performance; To Require Each Instructor To Maintain High Standards Of Instruction And Use His Or Her Evaluation Of Each Individual Student As The Final Basis For Assigning Grades In Regular Course Work And Daily Or Weekly Assessment; To Protect Students Against Prejudiced Or Capricious Academic Evaluation; To Prohibit The Rigid Application Of Arbitrary Percentages In The Assignment And Distribution Of Grades In Any Instance; To Require Grade Assignment To Be Based Solely On Achievement Of Course And Grade Level Standards Without Regard To Class Size Or The Quality Of The Class Group; To Amend Section 37-9-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Teachers To Determine A Student's Level Of Competence And Proficiency Through The Student's Performance On Regularly Assigned Coursework And Periodic Testing Assessments Before Promoting The Student To The Next Grade Level; To Require The Local School Board To Adopt A Raw Grading Scale For Evaluating Student Performance And The Adequacy Of Reading Skill Levels And Teachers' And Administrators' Ability To Meet Student Growth; To Require Teachers To Administer Incremental Weekly Or Biweekly Testing Assessments Subject To The Curriculum Adopted And The Instructional Modules Approved By The School Board; To Require Teachers To Conduct Scheduled Systematic Evaluations Of Pupils At Each Grade Level Using Regularly Assigned Coursework, Homework, Special Project Assignments, Periodic Testing Assessments And Any State Standardized Assessments Administered By The State Department Of Education; To Amend Section 37-9-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Employment Contract For Licensed Instructional Staff Provide For Weekly Or Bi-weekly Evaluation Periods By The School Administrator To Determine The Teacher Level Of Performance; To Provide That Failure Of A School To Meet Growth Results In Administrative Sanctions Imposed Upon Teachers And Administrators; To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Administrative Sanction To Be Imposed Upon Teachers And Administrators For Failure To Meet Growth Based On A Certain Percentage Of Students Failing A Set Of Periodic And Standardized Testing Assessments Within A Particular Academic Period; To Bring Forward Sections 37-177-1, 37-177-3, 37-177-5, 37-177-7, 37-177-9, 37-177-11, 37-177-13, 37-177-15, 37-177-17, 37-177-19 And 37-177-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1470
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Provide For An Increase In The Annual Compensation Of State Service Employees Based Upon The Amount Of Their Gross Annual Salaries; To Direct The State Personnel Board To Ensure That Certain State Employees Receive The Full Amount Of The Salary Increase; To Direct The Appropriation Of Funds Necessary To Provide The Salary Increases; And For Related Purposes.