An Act To Establish The Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program For The Purpose Of Helping Eligible Assistant Teachers To Become Licensed Teachers Through The Awarding Of Grants To Attract And Retain Qualified Teachers In The Teaching Profession; To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement And Administer The Grant Program; To Authorize School Districts To Enter Into Agreements With Qualified Assistant Teachers To Waive That Portion Of Their Salary Equal To The Amount Established As The Statutory Minimum Salary In Lieu Of A Grant For Tuition At A Postsecondary Institution For The Completion Of A Baccalaureate Degree For Purposes Of Becoming A Licensed Teacher; To Prescribe The Criteria To Be Used In Determining Eligibility And Requirements Of The Program; To Require The State Board Of Education To Make An Annual Report To The Legislature By December 31 Of Each Year On The Number Of Vacant Teacher Positions That Are Available Throughout The State And The Number Of Teacher Positions Filled By Individuals Who Hold A Provisional Or Emergency License; To Impose Financial Liability Upon Any Individual Who Fails To Fulfill His Or Her Teaching Obligation Under The Grant Program Upon Completing A Baccalaureate Degree; To Amend Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Division Of Medicaid To Apply For Necessary Waivers And Expend Funds Appropriated As Necessary To Provide Home- And Community-based Services To Persons Who Are Aged/disabled, Physically Disabled Or Recipients With Traumatic Brain Injury/spinal Cord Injury, To Eliminate Any Waiting Period For Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 63-1-51 And 63-1-216, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Commissioner Of Public Safety To Suspend The Driver's License Of Persons Who Fail To Appear For Court Or Otherwise Dispose Of His Or Her Charges Of A Serious Traffic Violation Before The Scheduled Court Appearance As Stated On The Uniform Traffic Citation; To Prescribe The Procedure To Be Followed By The Clerk Of The Court In The Affected Jurisdiction To Provide Notice To The Accused And The Appropriate Information To The Department Of Public Safety-driver Services Bureau To Effectuate The Suspension; To Prescribe The Conditions And Requirements Under Which The Drivers's License Of An Accused May Be Reinstated; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medicaid Coverage For Individuals Who Are Under 65 Years Of Age, Are Not Pregnant, Are Not Entitled To Or Enrolled For Medicare Benefits And Whose Income Is Not More Than 133% Of The Federal Poverty Level, As Authorized Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Be Known As "vision 2031: An Education Blueprint For Two Thousand Thirty-one"; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt A Rule That Includes Goals, Objectives, Strategies, Indicators And Benchmarks; To Establish Goals For Higher Education In The State Of Mississippi; To Create An Education Partnership To Achieve State Goals And Objectives; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Medicaid Coverage For Individuals Who Are 55 Years Of Age Or Older, Are Determined To Need The Level Of Care Required For Coverage Of Nursing Facility Services, Reside In The Service Area Of The Pace Organization, And Meet Any Additional Program-specific Eligibility Conditions Imposed By The Division Of Medicaid; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Previous Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Legislative Public Project Grant Program To Be Administered By The Community Services Division Of The Mississippi Development Authority; To Provide For The Development Of Criteria For Grants; To Provide An Application Process; To Provide That Grant Funds Will Be Distributed To The County In Which A Project Is Located; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create The Children's Resource Commission; To Provide That The Commission Is Charged With Coordinating And Streamlining The State's Efforts To Provide Needed Services To Mississippi's Children; To Provide The Number Of Members On The Commission; To Require The Commission To Report To The Governor And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Not Later Than December 1 Of Each Year; To Require The Commission To Adopt Internal Organizational Procedures Necessary For The Efficient Operation Of The Commission; To Authorize The Commission To Establish Subcommittees For Conducting Specific Programs And Activities; To Require The Commission To Create Resource Maps Of All Funds Received For Programs And Services That Support Children In This State, To Assess The Effectiveness Of Those Programs And Services And To Determine The Feasibility Of Merging, Continuing Or Discontinuing Those Programs Or Services; To Require All Agencies, Departments, Institutions And Political Subdivisions Of The State That Provide Programs Or Services To Children In This State To Create An Itemized List Of Those Programs And Services, And To Cooperate With The Commission; To Provide That The Itemized Lists Of Programs And Services Shall Be Provided To The John C. Stennis Institute Of Government At Mississippi State University Not Later Than September 1 Of Each Year; To Provide That The Stennis Institute Shall Compile The Information In Those Lists Into One Document, And Provide The Compiled Information To The Commission And Certain Committees Of The Legislature Each Year; To Require The Commission To Provide The Information Received And Prepared By It To The Department Of Human Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Authorize "d" And "f" Rated School Districts, In Collaboration With A Local Community Or Junior College, To Establish A Summer Youth Training Employment Program For Rising Sophomore Students; To Require A Youth Training Employment Program To Include Components On Soft Skills, Personal Living Skills, And Education And Academics; To Award Students Who Complete The Program With A Certificate Of Completion And A Stipend If Funding Is Made Available For Such Purposes; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Reenact Sections 41-105-1 And 41-105-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Were Repealed By Operation Of Law By Section 7, Chapter 402, Laws Of 2017, For The Purpose Of Reconstituting The Healthcare Advisory Council And Directing The Appointment Of Members To The Council; To Establish A Comprehensive Preventive Health Care Plan For Mississippi And Direct The Council To Develop And Make A Report To The Legislature And The Governor For The 2026 Regular Session; To Specify Health Care Goals For The State That The Council Shall Consider; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For An Increased Rate Of Medicaid Reimbursement For Inpatient And Outpatient Hospital Services For Hospitals That Are Located In A County That Had An Average Monthly Unemployment Rate Of Eight Percent Or Higher For The 12 Months Of The Previous State Fiscal Year And Has A Critical Shortage Of Physicians And Nurses; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of The Holmes County Consolidated School District To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Construction Of A New High School For The Fiscal Year 2027.

An Act To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Overtime Compensation From The Definition Of "gross Income" For Purposes Of The State Income Tax Law; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Direct The Department Of Human Services, The State Department Of Health And The Division Of Medicaid To Prepare A Video Providing Information About Proper Nutrition, Healthy Eating Habits, Preventing And Reducing Obesity And The Importance Of Breast-feeding Infants; To Require That The Video Be Offered For Presentation To Applicants For And Recipients Of Certain Benefits In The Offices Of The Agency And On The Agency's Website; To Describe The Topics That Must Be Covered In The Video; To Require An Annual Review Of The Video; To Amend Section 41-135-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Department Of Health Is Not Required To Offer A Separate Video On The Importance Of Breastfeeding Infants For Presentation To Individuals Who Are Offered The Video Described In The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Funding For Additional Assistant Teachers In "c," "d" And "f" School Districts; And For Related Purposes.