{"id":2014,"date":"2021-02-12T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wptest.mdek12.org\/testsite2\/sebs20\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T21:58:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T21:58:23","slug":"sebs20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpdev01.mdek12.org\/communications\/sebs20\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Senate Education Bill Summaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The summaries attempt to highlight major components of each bill.\u00a0Click on the bill number to read the bill in its entirety and to view the latest action. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2283.xml\">SB 2283<\/a> \u2013 School districts; revised employees and administrators subject to conflict-of-interest provisions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide that conflict-of-interest provisions applicable to school districts do not apply to employees with no authority to negotiate school district contracts<\/li>\n<li>Approved by the Governor on June 11, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2353.xml\">SB 2353<\/a> \u2013 Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; extend repealer on<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To extend the date of repeal on the provision creating the Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program<\/li>\n<li>And for related purposes<\/li>\n<li>Approved by the Governor on June 23, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2506.xml\">SB 2506<\/a> \u2013 Winona-Montgomery School Board of Trustees; revise membership<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To reconstitute the membership of the Winona-Montgomery School District Board of Trustees<\/li>\n<li>And for related purposes<\/li>\n<li>Approved by Governor on June 11, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2508.xml\">SB 2508<\/a> \u2013 Provisions of Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To delete the Individual Automatic Repealers on the provisions that constitute the &#8220;Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act Of 1998\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Approved by Governor on June 11, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2509.xml\">SB 2509<\/a> \u2013 Failing school districts, extend repealer on<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To extend the date of repeal on the provision authorizing the State Board of Education to appoint a new five-member board for the administration of a failing school district<\/li>\n<li>Approved by Governor on June 23, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2511.xml\">SB 2511<\/a> \u2013 Teachers; revise licensure<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To revise licensure qualifications and requirements<\/li>\n<li>Will allow students to enter a college of education by meeting one of three requirements\u2026\n<ul>\n<li>21 on ACT or SAT equivalent, or<\/li>\n<li>Making a qualifying score on the PRAXIS assessment, or<\/li>\n<li>Have 3.0 GPA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Approved by Governor on June 23, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2565.xml\">SB 2565<\/a> \u2013 16th section trust interest; authorize districts to spend once loan payments are current<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An act to amend Section 29-3-113, Mississippi Code of 1972, To authorize school districts to spend interest accrued from 16th Section Trusts once the school district is current on its loan payments<\/li>\n<li>Approved by Governor on June 11, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2594.xml\">SB 2594<\/a> \u2013 The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; revise and extend repealer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An act to reenact Section 37-181-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, which is the title section of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, To revise certain definitions<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, To provide that qualifying expenses must have been incurred within the awarded ESA School Year<\/li>\n<li>To provide that computer hardware and software purchased with ESA Funds shall be donated to a public school or library once a student is no longer eligible for the ESA Program<\/li>\n<li>To provide that an original itemized receipt for expenses is to be returned to the department<\/li>\n<li>To provide that a student&#8217;s remaining ESA funds shall be distributed to the student&#8217;s home school district upon a student&#8217;s return to his or her home school district<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, To require the department to maintain the waitlist for eligible students in chronological order<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, To remove the authority of the department to contract with a qualified nonprofit organization to administer the ESA Program<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, To clarify that only the parent or guardian who submitted the ESA application is authorized to seek reimbursement for qualified expenses<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0To amend Section 37-181-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, To revise peer&#8217;s review of the ESA Program<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, To require eligible schools to provide parents with details of its students&#8217; record of achievement and its capacity to serve the participating students within the scope of their IEP<\/li>\n<li>To require eligible schools to mandate a student assessment<\/li>\n<li>To require eligible schools to notify a parent or guardian applying for the ESA Program that the parent or guardian waives the right of the participating student to an individual entitlement to a free and appropriate public education<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 37-181-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, to limit the department&#8217;s regulation of the Educational Program of a nonpublic school, Postsecondary Institution or Educational Service Provider to the authority of this chapter<\/li>\n<li>To require participating schools to submit student performance data to the department at the end of the school year<\/li>\n<li>To reenact Section 37-181-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that the department may receive and expend contributions from any public or private source to fund ESAS for participating students<\/li>\n<li>To reenact Section 37-181-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provides that the provisions of this act are severable<\/li>\n<li>To create new Section 37-181-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, To codify and extend the date of the automatic repealer on Sections 37-181-1 Through 37-181-23<\/li>\n<li>To amend Section 12, Chapter 441, Laws of 2015, To delete the automatic repealer from within the Chapter Laws<\/li>\n<li>And for related purposes<\/li>\n<li>Approved by Governor on June 25, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2020\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB3044.xml\">SB 3044<\/a> \u2013 Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An act to establish the &#8220;Equity in Distance Learning Act&#8221; to be administered by the Mississippi Department of Education to provide guidance, technical support and financial reimbursement to schools to provide distance learning and online services<\/li>\n<li>To provide for certain transfers by the state fiscal officer<\/li>\n<li>To state legislative findings and intent<\/li>\n<li>To define terms<\/li>\n<li>To establish the &#8220;equity in distance learning grant program&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>To provide that allocations under the program shall be made based on average daily membership<\/li>\n<li>To highly encourage each school to commit a portion of its federal elementary and secondary school emergency relief (ESSER) funds to purchase equipment for its distance learning plan<\/li>\n<li>To require the department to inform each school of its portion of available funds, to develop regulations and procedures to govern the grant program, and to compile an express products list<\/li>\n<li>To prescribe the eligibility requirements for schools to be reimbursed under the grant program<\/li>\n<li>To create a special fund in the state treasury to be known as the &#8220;equity in distance learning fund&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>To amend section 31-7-13, Mississippi code of 1972, to provide that purchases under the grant program created under this act and the directive that school districts create a distance learning plan and fulfill technology needs expeditiously shall be deemed an emergency purchase for purposes of the procurement and competitive bidding law<\/li>\n<li>To provide that the provisions of this act are severable<\/li>\n<li>And for related purposes<\/li>\n<li>Became law without the Governor\u2019s signature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summaries attempt to highlight major components of each bill.\u00a0Click on the bill number to read the bill in its entirety and to view the latest action. &nbsp; 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