Committee Education Author Rob Roberson Session 2024 Session Latest Action On May 13, the Governor signed HB 1229 into law. Explanation of the Bill House Bill 1229 will reenact the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act and extend its repealer from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2028. In addition, it will amend…
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Committee Education Author Donnie Scoggin Session 2024 Session Latest Action The Senate failed to vote on HB 595 by the April 10 deadline, causing this bill to die in on the calendar. Explanation of the Bill As amended by the Senate, House Bill 595 would authorize school principals to allow representatives of the Boy Scouts…
Read MoreCommittee Public Health and Human Services; Education Author Rob Roberson Session 2024 Session Latest Action On May 13, the Governor signed HB 346 into law. Explanation of the Bill The purpose of House Bill 346 is to ensure schools are equipped to serve students who have seizures. It creates requirements for schools to ensure at…
Read MoreCommittee Ways and Means Author Trey Lamar Session 2024 Session Latest Action On April 27, conferees filed a conference report for HB 1988 that simply brought the code sections forward and did not make any amendments. The bill was then recommitted for further conference, and on April 29 the bill was suspended from the deadline…
Read MoreCommittee Ways and Means Author Trey Lamar Session 2024 Session Latest Action The Senate Finance Committee failed to take action on HB 1982 by the April 16 deadline, causing this bill to die in committee. Explanation of the Bill House Bill 1982 would establish the Mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (MS ROSS) Act, creating…
Read MoreCommittee Appropriations Author John Read and Randy P. Boyd Session 2024 Session Latest Action The Governor signed HB 1704 into law on April 8. Explanation of the Bill HB 1704 revises and clarifies appropriations to a number of state agencies, including the Mississippi Department of Education. Early Learning Collaboratives Early Learning Collaboratives (ELCs) are high-quality,…
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