Bill Text: MS HB870 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appointed superintendents; require "D" and "F" districts to hire new appointees from "A", "B" or "C" districts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB870 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-HB870-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Moore
House Bill 870
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL BOARDS IN DISTRICTS WITH "D" AND "F" ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS TO ONLY APPOINT AND CONTRACT WITH INDIVIDUALS FOR THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAVE A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS AND HAVE SERVED IN AN ADMINISTRATOR'S CAPACITY IN AN "A," "B" OR "C" RATED DISTRICT OR EQUALLY COMPARABLE ACCREDITED OUT-OF-STATE DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-9-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-9-13. (1) Each school district shall have a superintendent of schools, selected in the manner provided by law. No person shall be eligible to the office of superintendent of schools unless such person shall hold a valid administrator's license issued by the State Department of Education and shall have had not less than four (4) years of classroom or administrative experience.
(2) From and after January 1, 2019, in all public school districts, the local school board shall appoint the superintendent of schools of such district. At the expiration of the term of any county superintendent of education elected at the November 2015 general election, the county superintendent of education of said county shall not be elected but shall thereafter be appointed by the local school board in the manner provided in Section 37-9-25. The superintendent of schools shall have the general powers and duties to administer the schools within his district as prescribed in Section 37-9-14 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. If a vacancy occurs in the office of superintendent, which is now elective, before January 1, 2019, that office shall immediately become an appointive position.
(3) In selecting an individual to appoint to the office of superintendent of schools of a school district, the school boards of districts having "D" and "F" accountability ratings shall only recruit, consider and make the appointment of individuals meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of this section who have worked as an administrator in a school district having an "A," "B" or "C" accountability rating as determined by the system of accreditation established by the State Department of Education and have a proven record of success serving in that capacity. If the local board recruits and considers an individual who resides outside of the State of Mississippi for the office of superintendent, that individual must have worked as an administrator in a school district within the state of recruitment that has the three (3) highest levels of accreditation which are equally comparable to the accountability ratings used by the department for accreditation purposes, in addition to having a proven record of success serving in that capacity.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
