Many other important bills have continued to make their way through the legislative process. The first bill is SB 2763, which would establish the Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act. Under the act, parents would be able to “direct the education of the child, including the right to choose public, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for the education of the child.” Another noteworthy bill is SB 2742 which would establish the Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act. Under this act, a school board would be able to designate certain employees who would participate in a school safety guardian program which would train those school employees to be able to carry concealed firearms for the protection of the students, employees, and others on the campus of the school.
Noteworthy bills in the House include HB 1052 which would authorize the levying authority for a school district to approve, in full or in part, a request for an increase in the ad valorem tax effort for the school district. Also, HB 931 would give discretionary authority to school districts in order to provide health insurance and to pay the cost of health insurance premiums for school board members through the state and school employees health insurance plan. Through this bill, school board members would be required to take official action through a meeting in order to decide on whether to provide health insurance to its board members.
To view the bills that have been assigned to the House Education Committee, click here.
To view the bills that have been assigned to the Senate Education Committee, click here.
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