An Act To Amend Section 37-151-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make A Technical Change To The Provisions That Establish The Preschool Reporting Requirement For Special Education Students To Ensure The Reporting Of All Ages Of Preschool Children; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Pay The Costs Associated With Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Student Housing Building And Related Facilities At Mississippi Valley State University; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize State Institutions Of Higher Learning And Community And Junior Colleges, In Addition To The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, To Authorize Charter Schools; To Require State Institutions Of Higher Learning And Community And Junior Colleges Desiring To Authorize Charter Schools To Establish An Office Specifically For That Purpose; To Require The Chairman Of The Charter School Authorizer Board To Be Selected From Among The Members Appointed To The Board By The Governor And Lieutenant Governor; To Amend Section 37-28-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions Used In The Mississippi Charter Schools Act In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 37-28-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter School Authorizers To Amend Charter School Contracts In Order To Approve Mergers, Consolidations And Reconfigurations Without Closing A Charter School; To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit An Authorizer That Receives An Appropriation For Its Operational Support From Retaining A Portion Of Per-pupil Allocations For Its Support; To Amend Section 37-28-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-28-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter School Authorizers To Limit The Information Initially Submitted By A Charter School Applicant To That Which The Authorizer Deems Essential; To Amend Section 37-28-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Certain Applicants That Are Denied A Charter To Remedy The Application's Deficiencies And Reapply Before The Next Regular Application Process; To Amend Section 37-28-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter Schools To Apply For Oversight With A Different Authorizer During The Term Of An Existing Charter Contract; To Amend Section 37-28-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Manner In Which A Charter School's Underserved Population Is Compared To That Of The Local School District And To Authorize An Enrollment Preference For Children Transferring To A Charter School From Another School Chartered By The Same Authorizer; To Amend Section 37-28-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit Comparisons To A Local School District's Academic Performance To Five Percent Of The Overall Academic Evaluation Of A Charter School; To Amend Section 37-28-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter Schools That Receive A Renewal Contract Of Less Than Five Years To Appeal The Decision In The Same Manner That Nonrenewals And Revocations Are Appealed; To Amend Section 37-28-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Eliminate Annual Peer Committee Reports On The Sufficiency Of Charter School Funding And To Require Additional Reports From Charter School Authorizers; To Amend Section 37-28-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Provisionally Licensed Teachers And Teachers Out Of Field From The 25% Limitation On Charter School Teachers Exempt From Licensure Requirements; To Amend Section 37-28-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Manner In Which Average Daily Attendance, For Purposes Of State Funding, At Charter Schools Is Calculated; To Amend Section 37-28-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Charter Schools To Consult With The State Auditor In Developing Financial Regulations And To Provide That Charter Schools Are Not Required To Adhere To Financial Policies Adopted By The State Department Of Education Unless A Relevant Statute Is Specifically Made Applicable To Charter Schools; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-81, 37-13-83, 37-13-85, 37-13-87 And 37-13-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Name Of The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement And Dropout Prevention Within The State Department Of Education; To Provide For The Appointment Of An Executive Director Of The Office By The State Superintendent Of Public Education; To Transfer The Responsibility For Employing And Establishing The Duties Of School Attendance Officers From The State Department Of Education To Local School Districts; To Abolish The Three Regional School Attendance Officer Positions And Replace Those Positions With Regional Coordinators Who Shall Be Responsible For Enforcement Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law Within Their Region; To Provide That The State Superintendent Of Public Education Shall Set The Salary Of Regional Coordinators; To Clarify The Minimum Qualifications Necessary For School Attendance Officers And Remove The Requirement Of The State Personnel Board To Establish Additional Qualifications For School Attendance Officers; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Employed By The State Department Of Education On July 1, 2024, Shall Be Transferred To Employment Status As Employees Of Their Respective School Districts With Work Locations Therein And Shall Enforce Attendance At Charter Schools Located Within The School District; To Provide For The Sharing Of Administrative And Costs-sharing Responsibilities Of Two Or More School Districts Which Were Simultaneously Served By The Same School Attendance Officer; To Provide For The Transfer Of Any Unused Accumulated Leave; To Require The State To Provide Funding For One School Attendance Officer For Every 3,000 Compulsory-school-age Children In Enrollment In The Public Schools Of A County; To Establish The Minimum Salary Of Newly Hired School Attendance Officers Beginning July 1, 2024, And Authorize Local School Boards To Pay Additional Compensation Above The Minimum Salary On A Scale Established By The Local School Board; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Transferred To The Local School District From The State Department Of Education Shall Be Compensated At The Same Salary Received For Fiscal Year 2024 Rate Plus An Additional 25%; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Shall Not Experience Any Interruption Of Service With The Public Employees' Retirement System And The School Employees' Health Insurance Plan As A Result Of The Transfer Of Employment Responsibility; To Amend Sections 37-13-91 And 37-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define The Terms Legal Tender And Specie; To Authorize Gold And Silver Coin As Legal Tender; To Prohibit Specie Or Legal Tender From Being Characterized As Personal Property For Taxation Or Regulatory Purposes; To Provide That The Exchange Of One Type Or Form Of Legal Tender For Another Type Or Form Of Legal Tender Shall Not Give Rise To Any Tax Liability; To Provide That The Purchase, Sale, Or Exchange Of Any Type Or Form Of Specie Shall Not Give Rise To Any Tax Liability; To Prohibit A Person From Compelling Another Person To Tender Specie Or To Accept Specie As Legal Tender; To Require The Attorney General's Office To Enforce This Act Without Prejudice To A Private Right Of Action; To Provide That Specie May Be Recognized To Pay Debts; To Bring Forward Section 75-1-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To General Definitions Of The Uniform Commercial Code, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 75-15-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Mississippi Money Transmitters Act, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 89-12-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Uniform Disposition Of Unclaimed Property Act, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-106-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Annual Award Under The Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Kratom To Schedule Iii Of The Uniform Controlled Substances Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Specific Achievement And Nonachievement Effects That The Mississippi Department Of Education Should Include In Future Evaluations Of The Early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013 To Measure Program Outcomes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-907, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "caregiver", "family Member" And "household Member" For The Purposes Of The Ballot Harvesting Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 85-7-251, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Procedure For Reclaiming Motor Vehicles Or Vessels While They Are In The Process Of Being Towed; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Declare The Fundamental Rights Of Parents To Direct The Upbringing Of Their Children; To Prohibit Any Agency Of This State From Infringing On The Fundamental Rights Of Parents; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-1-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Establish A Supplementary State Food Stamp Program For Elderly Recipients; To Provide That Recipients Must Be At Least 65 Years Old; To Provide That Recipients May Receive One Hundred Dollars Per Month; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Commending And Congratulating The Florence High School Varsity Dance Team For Winning The Mississippi High School Activities Association 3a-5a State Championships In Hip Hop And In Pom.

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "paraphernalia" Under The Uniform Controlled Substances Law To Exclude Any Materials Used Or Intended For Use In Testing For The Presence Of Other Emerging Or Existing Drug Threats Of Concern To Public Health As Identified By The State Department Of Health; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That The Mississippi Public Service Commission Be Funded By Appropriations From The General Fund; To Amend Sections 77-1-6, 77-1-15, 77-1-29, 77-1-53, 77-3-8, 77-3-87, 77-3-89, 77-3-503, 77-3-507, 77-3-509 And 77-11-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provisions Of Law Requiring Certain Expenses Of The Mississippi Public Service Commission To Be Defrayed By Appropriation From The State General Fund; And For Related Purposes.