Bill Text: MS HB418 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School districts; extend repealer on authority to furlough certain employees when serious financial condition exists.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-04-03 - Died In Committee [HB418 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB418-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Formby
House Bill 418
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-308, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE REPEALER FROM JULY 1, 2012, TO JULY 1, 2015, ON THE PROVISION THAT AUTHORIZES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FURLOUGH INSTRUCTIONAL, NONINSTRUCTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES IN TIMES OF SERIOUS FINANCIAL CONDITION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-7-308, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-7-308. (1) For purposes of this section, "furlough" is defined as the placement of an employee temporarily and involuntarily in a nonpay and nonduty status for a limited number of workdays during the school year.
(2) In the event a local school board determines that a serious financial condition exists and that resources are insufficient to meet district obligations, the local school board may adopt a resolution on the recommendation of the local superintendent to furlough all instructional, noninstructional and administrative employees of the school district, including the superintendent, for not more than three (3) days during the 2010-2011 school year and for not more than three (3) days during the 2011-2012 school year. For every day an instructional, noninstructional or administrative employee with a contract not less than one hundred eighty-seven (187) days is furloughed without pay, the employee shall be authorized to take one-half (1/2) day of personal leave under the conditions of Section 37-7-307(3). The three (3) discretionary furlough days for all licensed employees in the 2010-2011 school year and the 2011-2012 school year shall not be taken during days that are devoted to classroom instruction.
(3) This section shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
