Bill Text: MS SB2146 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School boards; prohibit school employees from serving as a member of any local school board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [SB2146 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-SB2146-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Senator(s) Tollison
Senate Bill 2146
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-306, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL EMPLOYEES FROM SERVING AS A MEMBER OF ANY LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-7-306, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-7-306. (1) Every school board member selected after July 1, 2002, shall have a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(2) After July 1, 2015, no individual who is employed on a full-time or part-time basis by a public or nonpublic school shall be eligible to serve on a local school board.
( * * *3) Every school board member selected
after July 1, 1993, shall be required to complete a basic course of training
and education for local school board members, in order for board members to
carry out their duties more effectively and be exposed to new ideas involving
school restructuring. Such basic course of training shall be conducted by the
Mississippi School Boards Association. Upon completion of the basic course of
training, the Mississippi School Boards Association shall file a certificate of
completion for the school board member with the office of the local school
board. In the event that a board member fails to complete such training within
six (6) months of his selection, such board member shall no longer be qualified
to serve and shall be removed from office.
( * * *4) In addition to meeting the
requirements of subsection ( * * *3) of this section, after taking
office, each school board member shall be required to file annually in the
office of the school board a certificate of completion of a course of
continuing education conducted by the Mississippi School Boards Association.
In addition, those board members required to attend the additional training as
provided in Section 37-3-4(5)(c) shall be required to comply with the annual
certification provided herein for such additional training.
( * * *5) Every school board member selected
after July 1, 2002, shall spend at least one (1) full day in a school in the
district they represent, without compensation.
( * * *6) Upon the failure of any local
school board member to file with the school board the certificate of completion
of the basic or continuing course of training as provided in subsection ( * * *3) or ( * * *4) of this section, or the additional
training as required in Section 37-3-4(5)(c), the school board member shall be
removed from office by the Attorney General. From and after July 1, 2015,
upon the failure of any local school board member to comply with the provisions
of subsection (2) of this section, the school board member shall be removed
from office by the Attorney General. In the event of a medical or other
catastrophic hardship that prevents such school board member from obtaining the
required training or filing such certificate, as may be defined by the Board of
Directors of the Mississippi School Boards Association by rule and regulation,
an additional period of three (3) months may be allowed to satisfy the requirements
of subsection ( * * *3)
or ( * * *4).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.
