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Mississippi House Education Committee
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committee members
Manly Barton (R)
Richard Bennett (R)
Charles Blackwell (R)
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Randy Boyd (R)
Samuel Creekmore IV (R)
Becky Currie (R)
Kevin Felsher (R)
Jimmy Fondren (R)
Stephanie Foster (D)
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Justis Gibbs (D)
Zachary Grady (R)
Jeffery Harness (D)
Gregory Holloway (D)
Kenji Holloway (D)
Celeste Hurst (R)
Vince Mangold (R)
Brad Mattox (R)
Vice Chair
Kent McCarty (R)
Dana McLean (R)
Carl Mickens (D)
Jansen Owen (R)
Kimberly Remak (R)
Chair
Rob Roberson (R)
Robert Sanders (D)
Cheikh Taylor (D)
Beth Luther Waldo (R)
Percy Watson (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB4 | Commission on Proprietary Schools; clarify provision requiring registration of schools providing nonvocational instruction. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB25 | Teacher salaries; authorize supplement for teachers in critical shortage subject areas in "D" and "F" school districts. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB26 | Assistant teachers; provide annual salary supplement to those in "C", "D" and "F" school districts. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB39 | ESA for students with special needs; remove waitlist requirement. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB46 | PEER; change reporting requirement on charter schools from annually to biennially. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB90 | School bus drivers; require to be trained and certified in first aid and CPR. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB97 | Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts; allow to speak to students regarding civic involvement with principal's approval. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB122 | Water safety; require public schools to provide parents and students information on importance of and availability of local courses. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB161 | "Released-Time Moral Instruction Act of 2025"; enact to permit students to receive religious instruction during the school day. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB165 | Expert citizen teachers; provide rate of compensation for those employed in critical shortage areas. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB166 | School districts; require to conduct mandatory parent meetings before start of each school year. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB167 | Public schools; require school boards to adopt policy on bell-to-bell cell phone prohibition. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB195 | School districts; require drug testing of students suspended for disciplinary infractions. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB197 | MCOPS Grant Program; increase grant amount up to a minimum of $40,000 per officer employed as a school resource officer. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB246 | 16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/10/2025 |
| HB269 | Corporal punishment; prohibit in public and charter schools. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB272 | Summer Youth Training Employment Program; authorize school districts to establish. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB274 | Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program; create to help assistant teachers become licensed. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB278 | State Board of Education; require to develop curriculum and implement programs of conflict resolution. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB279 | First grade enrollment; allow child who turns six on or before December 31 to start at beginning of that school year. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB280 | Eleventh grade students; require to take GED or High School Equivalency Test for senior early release privilege eligibility. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB281 | Compulsory school attendance; require youth court petition after third unlawful absence and authorize community service for violations. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB284 | School districts; require certain policies and alternative curriculum for those with the three lowest accountability ratings. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB286 | Elementary professional school counselors; allocate funds under Mississippi Student Funding Formula for. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB305 | Prekindergarten; require State Department of Education to create the "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB306 | "Health Careers Academy"; create for students in Grades 9 through 12. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB307 | "Dream Makers Program"; create as an after-school program for students in Grades 7 and 8. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB308 | Homework; require teachers to incorporate daily and weekly assignments into their curriculum. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB310 | Hope Program; establish and develop system to re-enroll high school dropouts in programs leading to a high school diploma. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB311 | Mathematic and science instruction; enhance through new middle school programs. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB312 | Vision 2030: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Thirty; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB313 | College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB323 | "African-American Male Success Academy"; require the SDE to establish to cultivate diversity of social skills and academic success. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB334 | Charter schools; require total funding formula funds to be transferred to student's home district when student disenrolls. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB338 | Public school curriculum; require instruction in mental illness as part of Health Education. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB339 | School districts; require all schools to have epinephrine auto-injectors in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB346 | School districts; require each school to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB350 | Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB355 | School curriculum; require teaching of certain high school subjects in "C", "D" and "F" rated districts. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB366 | STEM Pilot Program; require SDE to create in certain school districts for students in Grades 4-8. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB368 | School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB369 | Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) Pilot Program; establish within the State Department of Education. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB370 | Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB371 | Professional School Counselors Pilot Program; establish in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB372 | Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2025; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB373 | College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create for administration of pre-ACT assessments in public schools. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB374 | Early Commitment to College Program; establish in schools and districts assigned an "F" accountability rating. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB375 | Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB376 | "Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program"; create under the State Department of Education. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB377 | "Mississippi Senior Cadets Program"; require State Department of Education to establish. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB408 | "Mississippi Delta Medical Apprenticeship Program" (MS DMAP); establish to provide career pathways for students in the Delta. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB416 | Statewide testing program; require tests to be translated and printed in primary spoken language of ELL students. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB433 | Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB439 | School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB440 | Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB441 | School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB443 | Mississippi History and United States Government; require to be included in curriculum for all students in Grades 9-12. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB453 | Youth and Community Safety Act; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB456 | Dating violence; require school districts to adopt a policy and educate students on. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB458 | MS Student Funding Formula; increase percentage of allotted weight attributable to low-income students for determining preliminary weighted enrollment. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB460 | Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" school districts with funding for additional positions. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB461 | Teacher salary supplement; provide to those with five or more years experience in successful districts willing to relocate to an "F" district. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB462 | School curriculum; require comprehensive MS History course for public school students in Grade 9. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB463 | School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB464 | "Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2025"; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB482 | MS Charter School Authorizer Board; authorize members to receive per diem and mileage compensation for attending meetings of the board. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB488 | School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB532 | School nurses; direct the Office of Healthy Schools to develop salary schedule for that all school districts shall use when employing. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB547 | "Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2025"; create. | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB566 | "Mental Awareness Program for School Act"; enact to require schools to provide mental health service providers and certain trauma-in-formal training. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB567 | School resource officers; require to undergo Mental Health First Aid training. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB574 | Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a district of innovation and to establish a grant fund. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB575 | Community Eligibility Provision of National School Lunch Program; require certain school districts to apply for. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB583 | School resource officers; require to follow student cohorts as they matriculate from grade to grade. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB590 | School resource officers; include in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for purposes of LEO and Firefighters Death Benefits Trust Fund benefits. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB591 | Mental Health First Aid Training; require for certain public school personnel and school resource officers. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB605 | Study commission on regulation of high school athletics and activities. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB606 | High School Activities and Athletics Monitor; require State Superintendent of Public Education to employ. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB607 | MS High School Activities Association; prohibit public schools from paying funds to for regulation by for certain activities. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB613 | Accountability rating system; abolish assignment of letter grades and replace with a simple numerical scoring system. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB614 | Mississippi Law Enforcement Interaction Course Act; enact for implementation in public school curriculum. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB619 | School athletic events; require local school boards to adopt policy granting free admission to veterans of U.S. Armed Forces. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB639 | Special education funds; require separate line item appropriation to State Board of Education for. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB666 | African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB667 | High school curriculum; require SBE to develop for instruction in civics and home economics. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB673 | Public Schools; require school boards to adopt policy on bell-to-bell cell phone prohibition. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB684 | Public schools; require school boards to adopt policy on bell-to-bell cell phone prohibition. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB703 | School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB709 | Ten Commandments; permit display in every public school and charter school classroom. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB728 | School board elections; revise qualification deadlines for. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB729 | Homeschool students; authorize to participate in public school extracurricular activities. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB749 | Noninstructional and hourly school employees; compensate at usual rate whenever district temporarily closes schools. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB756 | Vocational education programs; require to be established in every school district or shared operation between multiple districts. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB760 | Charter schools; authorize state universities and community colleges to issue charters and revise various other provisions. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB761 | Nonpublic school students; prohibit public school districts from restricting participation of in public school extracurricular activities. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB763 | "Released-Time Moral Instruction Act of 2025"; enact to permit students to receive religious instruction during the school day. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB764 | Ten Commandments; require display in every public school and charter school classroom. | Dead | 01/15/2025 |
| HB777 | "Mississippi Children's Assessment and Mental Health Opportunity (CAMHED) Act of 2025"; create to require screenings and assessments in all public schools. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB785 | Special education teachers; provide annual salary supplements for certain. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB786 | Special education teachers; provide annual salary supplement to those exposed to bodily fluids of students. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB791 | Video surveillance cameras; require in certain areas of school facilities for protection of exceptional children. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB792 | Student absenteeism; excuse those related to an exceptional student's disability. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB793 | Face masks; prohibit public schools and universities and colleges from requiring students to wear. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB794 | Corporal punishment; require school districts that allow, to adopt a policy allowing parents to opt in. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB795 | School attendance officers; require to receive training on IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB796 | Teacher and administrator license; deny or revoke for those who physically abuse a student. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB797 | Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to create for all MS students in Grades 6-12. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB808 | Wireless devices; restrict use of by students during instructional time and prohibit social media access. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB809 | Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; clarify "active duty" status for purpose of school enrollment and transfers. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| HB810 | State JROTC Coordinator; exempt from qualification requirements of the State Personnel Board. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB817 | School board members; authorize grounds and prescribe procedures for removal from office. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB818 | Public schools; require school boards to adopt policy on bell-to-bell cell phone prohibition. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB819 | School districts; require boards to adopt policy granting cost-free admission to school sponsored athletic and extracurricular events. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB820 | School attendance officers; provide formula for allocating funds for the employment of and increase minimum base salary of. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB821 | School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB857 | Literacy-based Promotion Act; revise to expand intervention and strategies for literacy proficiency among students in Grade 4 through 8. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB864 | State school and school district accountability system; eliminate certain criteria for measuring performance under. | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB878 | Mississippi School Safety Task Force; create. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB921 | Mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (MS ROSS) Act; create to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB962 | Energy Academy Act; extend repealer on authority of Vicksburg-Warren & Claiborne County schools to partner with nuclear plant. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
| HB975 | "Mississippi Comprehensive Anti-Bullying and Cyberbullying Act of 2025"; enact to implement phased-in anti-bullying programs and intervention strategies. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB997 | Mental Health First Aid Training; require for instructional and administrative personnel employed by public school districts. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1008 | Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of every school day. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1048 | School resource officers; require school districts to employ for each school under its jurisdiction. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1060 | Gender dysphoria; require school personnel to notify parents of student who request to be referred to as different gender or nonhuman. | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1066 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; correct reference to statutory provision for the U.S. Code. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1078 | "Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; remove wait list requirement and restrictive certification of services language. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1115 | Disruptive students; prescribe procedures for alternative placement and eventual reintegration into traditional school setting. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1118 | Mississippi Teacher Residency Program; require Legislature to appropriate annual funding. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1133 | Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and Automated External Defibrillators; expand access and provide funding. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1134 | Early Learning Collaboratives; expand to provide in every school district by the start of the 2029-2030 school year. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1137 | National Board certified teachers; provide $4,000.00 annual salary supplement for those employed in certain geographical areas. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1138 | Teachers; provide $2,000 annual salary supplement to those employed in designated geographically critical teacher shortage area. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1139 | Statewide Student Assessment Program; exempt test security plans for public records disclosure. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1142 | Early childhood education employees; clarify qualifications exemption for those employed in programs not granted by SDE. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1143 | School districts under states of emergency; clarify role of interim superintendent appointed by the SBE when district returns to local control. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1144 | Teacher and administrator licensure; revise provisions related to educator preparation programs and criteria for entry into such programs. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1161 | Mississippi Autism Scholarship Program Act; establish. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1162 | MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility beginning with kindergarten. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1163 | ESA; authorize use of a diagnosis of dyslexia as a qualifier to determine eligibility for receipt of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1164 | Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1165 | "Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise definition of "eligible student" and "eligible school." | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1233 | Public school board members; allow those receiving an annual salary to be members of PERS. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1234 | Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1235 | Vocational and home economics; curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1236 | Physical education curriculum; require full implementation in all K-12 schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1247 | Mississippi Dyslexia Education Loan Repayment Program; establish in place of forgivable loan program and prescribe requirements of eligibility. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1256 | Qualified licensed dyslexia therapy teacher; require State Department of Education to employ and assign one to each county. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1263 | Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1277 | School resource officers; authorize local law enforcement agencies to enter into agreement with independent nonpublic schools to provide. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1281 | "Alyssa's Law"; enact to authorize implementation and installation of silent panic alarm systems in public and charter schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1290 | Increasing Reading Efficiency and Accountability Development (iREAD) Pilot Program; establish for "D" and "F" schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1294 | School extracurricular activities; provide certain scheduling of. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1343 | The "Model Mississippi Hair Protection in Schools Policy Act"; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1355 | Character education; require State Board of Education to develop and implement curriculum for public schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1358 | Excused absences; permit for students participating in roping or barrel horse events. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1371 | "Released-Time Court Act; enact to require school districts to adopt policy to excuse students for religious study. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1377 | Assessment of public and charter school facilities; require the State Department of Education to perform and present recommendations on. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1391 | Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1410 | School districts; require to report on receipt of federal funds and receive legislative approval for expenditure of such funds. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1417 | One Mississippi; require State Dept of Ed. to provide copies to every student in Grade 2 for instruction during "Read Across America Week." | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1431 | School District Administrative Efficiency and Joinder Task Force; create. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1432 | MS Charter School Act of 2013; revise to expand opportunities for establishment of charter schools in certain districts. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1433 | The "Flexible and Rightful Education Enrollment (FREE) Act;" establish for students in "D" and "F" schools and districts. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1434 | Aeronautics, Geospatial, Engineering, Nursing and Technical Skills (AGENTS) of Excellence Program Act; create to improve academic and workforce outcomes. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1435 | Student transfers; provide greater access to open enrollment and remove requirement for home district approval of release. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1439 | School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1483 | Educational Facilities Construction, Infrastructure and Capital Improvements Grant Program; create for purpose of improving educational facilities. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1517 | School accountability model; bring forward provisions relating to. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1521 | "Alyssa's Law"; enact to authorize the implementation and installation of silent panic alarm systems in public and charter schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1522 | Computer devices, equipment and adaptive devices; authorize school districts to sell to graduating senior at the residual value of such. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1523 | School district administrative consolidation; require for public school districts in Copiah County. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1524 | School district administrative consolidation; require for all public school districts in Washington County. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1525 | Charter schools; grant a two-year start up delay or reapplication process and provide salary supplement to National Board Certified Professionals. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1526 | Dept. of Ed.; revise FY 2025 appropriation to provide that a certain sum may be used for continuation of the current school safety program. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1527 | Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to create for all public school students in Grades 6-8. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1528 | Mississippi Young Readers Club; establish to authorize SDE to partner with organization to provide reading literature to certain student reading below grade level. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1533 | School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1562 | Education Enhancement Fund procurement cards; bring forward provision related to. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1563 | School business officers; establish mentorship program for. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1564 | Credit Enhancement Program; establish to improve credit worthiness of schools. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1588 | State subject area tests and acountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1592 | School boards; provide process for removal from office for just cause and remove authority to request ad valorem tax increase exceeding 2% without referendum. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1595 | School district; require drug testing of truant students in Grade 6-12. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1610 | School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1617 | "Tim Tebow Act"; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1618 | State Department of Education; permit to receive various contributions from public or private donors. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1619 | Agricultural vocation instruction; clarify contract and compensation provision for those who teach in districts with an extended school year calendar. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1620 | MS Student Funding Formula; clarify to remove obsolete references to MAEP funding. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1621 | CTE; remove stipulation that only certain programs leading to industry certification are considered for the statewide accountability system and diploma endorsements. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1622 | Mississippi Virtual Public School Program; bring forward. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1623 | National board certified occupational therapists and school psychologists; pay salary supplement to school employees. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1624 | Comprehensive Career and Technical Education Reform Act; revise certain portions of regarding industry certifications and grants. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1625 | Teachers, principals and appointed superintendents; authorize SBE to impose fine for breach of contract. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1626 | Mathematics Proficiency and Intervention Act; establish to provide intensive multitiered system of supports for students in kindergarten through Grade 3. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1627 | "Students Safe at School Act"; create to provide procedures for active shooter drills and simulations. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1628 | "MS Student Funding Formula"; clarify provision that requires deposit of certain tax revenue into the Education Enhancement Fund does not repeal. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1629 | "Mississippi Regional Early/Middle College High School Act of 2025"; create to increase high school and college completion rate. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1630 | "Mississippi Student Funding Formula"; revise to clarify certain provisions related to. | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB1633 | MS Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarship Program; extend repealer and bring forward certain statutes. | Dead | 01/20/2025 |
| SB2147 | Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades 6-12. | Dead | 02/17/2025 |
| SB2151 | Education; require public schools to adopt policies prohibiting or restricting cell phone possession or use by students in class. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2162 | Cardiac Emergency Response Plan; revise to include airway clearance devices. | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2176 | Interim superintendents; modify role when state of emergency is lifted. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2177 | Vocational education; modify description of programs eligible for payments out of state appropriations. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2178 | School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds. | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2181 | Public Records Act; exempt school district test security plans for administration of Statewide Student Assessment Program. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2245 | 16th section land; remove board of supervisors from having to approve leases and substitute Secretary of State. | Dead | 02/18/2025 |
| SB2247 | 16th section land; authorize local school board to grant an extension to holder of a long-term lease in good standing. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2535 | MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2591 | Bid procurement requirement; allow public schools purchasing technology for distribution to be exempt from. | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2596 | Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force; extend operation of. | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2597 | Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Act of 2025; enact, and establish Executive Committee of ICCCY. | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2598 | Public schools; allow retired administrators to return to work as teachers. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2601 | Education Scholarship Account Program; make certain changes to. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2605 | School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school. | Dead | 02/18/2025 |
| SB2612 | Standard educator licenses; revise requirements for. | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| SB2616 | Education funding; update language, and include grades 7-8 in CTE multiplier for grades 9-12. | Dead | 02/14/2025 |
| SB2618 | School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts. | Dead | 02/17/2025 |