All Bills - Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2153
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Collect Certain Information And Make Certain Recommendations Regarding School District Technology And Plans Addressing Technology Disaster Recovery; To Amend Section 37-9-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Set Standards Regarding Investigations Of School District Personnel; To Amend Section 37-13-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Provide School Districts With Support To Make Them More Efficient And Effective Planners Of School Nutrition Programs; To Amend Section 37-37-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Annually Review Its Accounting Procedures And Requirements For School Districts To Assist Districts In Providing Greater Detail, Clarity And Accuracy Of District Revenues And Expenses; To Require The Department Of Education To Report Any Recommendations To The State Board Of Education, The Mississippi House And Senate Education Committees, And The Peer Committee No Later Than December 14 Of Each Year; To Amend Section 37-41-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Develop Guidance For School Districts To Use In Assessing And Optimizing Bus Routes For Improving Transportation Services And Reducing Costs; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2154
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish Staggered Initial Terms Of Office For The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board; To Establish Three-year Terms Of Office After The Initial Terms; To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow For The Authorizer Board To Receive Up To 3% Of Annual Per-pupil Allocations Received By A Charter School From State And Local Funds For Each Charter School It Authorizes; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2155
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 5, Chapter 482, Laws Of 2019, As Amended By Section 5, Chapter 382, Laws Of 2022, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Sections 37-69-1, 37-69-3, 37-69-5 And 37-69-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Energy Academy Act, Which Authorizes The Board Of Trustees Of The Vicksburg-warren School District And The Claiborne County Board Of Education To Apply To The Mississippi Development Authority For The Approval Of Entering Into A Memorandum Of Understanding With A Nuclear Facility And Warren County And The State Of Mississippi For The Establishment Of A Partnership For The Operation Of An Energy High School Academy, And Which Prescribes The Membership Of The Energy High School Academy Partnership Council To Administer The Academy; To Bring Forward Sections 37-69-1, 37-69-3, 37-69-5 And 37-69-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2156
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct Each Local School Board To Adopt A Policy Excusing A Student From School To Attend A Released Time Course For No More Than Three Class Periods Per Week Or A Maximum Of 125 Class Periods Per School Year Under Certain Conditions; To Provide That The Student Shall Receive Elective Credit For Time Spend Attending Released Time Courses; To Provide Religiously Neutral Criteria For A School Board To Follow In Determining Whether Credit May Be Awarded For A Particular Released Time Course; To Exempt Charter Schools And Virtual Schools; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2157
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Minimum Base Salary For School Attendance Officers; To Set A Salary Scale For School Attendance Officers; To Amend Section 37-3-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Limitation On The Salary Of The State Superintendent Of Public Education; To Amend Section 37-4-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Limitation On The Salary Of The Executive Director Of The Community College Board; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2158
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Authorize School Principals To Permit Representatives Of Patriotic Societies To Speak To The Student Body Regarding Civic Involvement; To Prescribe The Process By Which Such Societies Shall Be Allotted Dates And Times To Speak; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2159
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create New Section 37-61-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Each School District Shall Provide Annually A Written Report To The Senate Appropriations Committee And House Appropriations Committee Responsible For The Budget Of The State Department Of Education, And To The Governor, Detailing The Federal Programs Through Which It Received Or Expects To Receive Federal Funds And The Amounts Received Or Expected To Be Received Thereunder In The Current School Year; To Require, Beginning With The 2026 Regular Session, The Senate And House Appropriations Committees To Review Each Federal Program Identified And To Introduce Legislation Declaring Their Approval Or Disapproval Of The School Districts' Use Of Such Federal Funds; To Provide That School Districts Shall Refuse Receipt Of Federal Funds For Any Federal Program Not Approved In Such Legislation; To Provide Exceptions; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2160
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow A Student Whose Parent Or Legal Guardian Is A Member Of The National Guard To Enroll In And Attend The School District And School Campus Of The Parent's Or Legal Guardian's Choosing, Regardless Of The Residence Of The Child; To Limit Such A Student To One Transfer Per Academic Year; To Provide That, Once A Child Has Transferred And Enrolled In Another School District, His Or Her Parent Or Legal Guardian Is Not Required To Reapply For Continued Admission In The School District Or School Campus Of Last Attendance; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2161
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 21-19-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipalities, Municipal Police Departments And Sheriffs' Departments To Contract With Independent School Governing Authorities To Provide Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy-certified Police Protection To Said Independent School On Such Terms And For Such Reimbursement As The Independent School And The Entity May Agree In Their Discretion; To Amend Section 37-7-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Independent School Governing Authorities To Employ Security Personnel That Have The Power Of Peace Officers Upon Their Taking Such Oath And Making Such Bond As Required Of A Constable Of The County In Which The Independent School Is Situated; To Authorize Independent Schools, Subject To Federal Communications Commission Approval, To Install And Operate Noncommercial Radio Broadcasting And Transmission Stations For Educational And Vocational Educational Purposes; To Allow Independent School Governing Authorities To Enter Into Interlocal Agreements With Other Law Enforcement Entities For The Provision Of Equipment Or Traffic Control Duties; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2162
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Engrossed
2/6/25
Refer
2/10/25
Failed
3/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-11-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Cardiac Emergency Response Plans To Include The Use Of Airway Clearance Devices In Public Schools And Charter Schools For Instances In Which An Individual's Airway Is Blocked Due To Choking; To Amend Section 37-11-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Integrate Certain Policies Related To Choking Emergencies; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2163
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Sections 37-13-181 Through 37-13-185, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Mandate A Comprehensive K-12 Program For Character Education Effective With The 2025-2026 School Year, And To Prescribe Character Traits To Be The Focus Of Student Development Under The Program; To Require The State Board Of Education To Review School Districts' Proposed Character Education Programs; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2164
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-28-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Charter Schools To Compile And Release The Same Data As Noncharter Public Schools; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2165
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Create New Section 37-11-85, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Schools Shall Allow Each Teacher And One Guest To Attend Any School-sponsored Extracurricular Event For Free; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2166
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Section 37-16-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Students Having A Disability As Defined By The Federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (idea) To Obtain A Special Mississippi Occupational Diploma; To Delete Certain Prohibitions Related Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2167
Introduced
1/20/25
Refer
1/20/25
Failed
2/4/25
An Act To Amend Sections 37-12-5, 37-12-7, 37-12-11, 37-13-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Framed Copy Of The Ten Commandments Shall Be On Display In Every Classroom; To Set The Size Requirements For The Ten Commandments And The U.s. Flag That Must Be Displayed In Every Classroom; To Prohibit Staff And Faculty Of School Districts From Discrimination And Reprisal Based On Religious Views And Beliefs; To Provide That There Shall Be A Nondenominal Prayer Said At The Start Of Each School Day In Each Public And Charter School In The State; To Provide That Any Student Or Faculty Member Not Wishing To Take Part In The Daily Prayer Or Pledge Of Allegiance Shall Not Be Required To Participate; To Require The Provisions Of This Act To Be Applicable Beginning In The 2025-2026 School Year; And For Related Purposes.