Mississippi Senate Bill 2838 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "mississippi School Safety Act Of 2019"; To Amend Section 37-11-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School Districts To Develop And Conduct An Active Shooter Drill Within The First 60 Days Of Each New School Semester For Students And Staff; To Amend Section 37-3-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The School Safety Grant Program Administered By The State Department Of Education Shall Include A Pilot Program To Implement A Developmentally Appropriate Social And Emotional Curriculum To Provide Students In K-5 Classrooms With Skills To Manage Stress And Anxiety And To Require School District Staff To Complete A Course In Mental Health Every Two Years; To Amend Section 37-3-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Office Of Homeland Security To Conduct A Uniform Threat Assessment Of Each School Campus; To Amend Section 37-3-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand Student Access To Local Mental Health Resources Under The Regional Behavioral Management Program With The Development Of State Standardized Memorandum Of Understand (mou) Between Community Mental Health Centers And Facilities And School Districts To Include Referral Protocols And To Train School Personnel To Conduct Initial Behavioral Health Screenings Of Students Who Experience Stress Or Are At Risk Of Harm; To Amend Section 37-3-82, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For State Funding Of School Resource Officers By The State Department Of Education Under The Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services In Schools (mcops) Program; To Amend Section 95-15-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Raise Statewide Awareness Regarding The "see Something Say Something Act" And Provide Immunity From Liability For Good Faith Reporting Of Suspicious Activity Or Behavior; To Amend Section 45-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Department Of Public Safety To Establish The Mississippi Analysis And Information Center (msaic Fusion Center) In The Office Of Homeland Security And To Employ Regional Analysts Dedicated To Statewide Social Media Intelligence Platform Threats And The Dissemination Of School Safety Information; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi School Safety Act of 2019; enact.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Sen. Briggs Hopson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2838.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2838IN.htm