An Act To Amend Section 17-23-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Request The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer Funds To The City Of Ocean Springs For The Purchase Of A Fire Truck In Fiscal Year 2027; To Bring Forward Section 17-23-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Rural Fire Truck Fund, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 17-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 83-1-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Municipal Fire Protection Fund, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require That The Joint Legislative Committee On Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer) Prepare A Report On School District Implementation Of Efficiency Measures Recommended By Peer, To Be Submitted To The Legislature By December 31, 2026; To Amend Section 37-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Department Of Education Provide Consulting To School Districts Regarding The Efficient Use Of Technology And The Creation Of Disaster Recovery Plans; To Amend Section 37-13-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Department Provide Consulting To School Districts Regarding Nutritional Programs; To Amend Section 37-37-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Department Annually Review Its Accounting Manuals For School Districts And Make Proposed Changes To Ensure More Precise Reporting Of District Accounting For Funds Budgeted And Expended; To Amend Section 37-41-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Department Provide Consulting To School Districts Regarding Student Transportation Route Planning; To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish Staggered Terms Of Office For The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board; To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Board To Receive Up To 3% Of Annual Per-pupil Allocations Received By A Charter School From State And Local Funds For Each Charter School It Authorizes; To Amend Section 37-151-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Enrollment Figures Used In The Required Local Contribution Of Each School District Or Charter School Toward The Cost Of Local School Funding; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-715, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require County Sheriffs And Municipal Police Chiefs To Have Applications Readily Available For Absentee Ballots For Persons Who Are Incarcerated In Prisons Or Jails And Who Have Not Been Convicted Of A Disenfranchising Crime; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "mississippi Math Act" Establishing The Moving Mathematics In Mississippi (m3) Program Within The State Department Of Education; To Set Forth Findings, Purposes, Definitions And Program Components; To Authorize K-12 Mathematics Coaching And Support, K-5 Mathematics Screening And Interventions, An Algebra-readiness Indicator Based On The Grade 5 Statewide Mathematics Assessment Scale Score, And Professional Development For Grades K-1, 2-6 And 7-12; To Provide For Administration, Rulemaking, Data Protections, Reporting, Evaluation And District Participation; To Create The Moving Mathematics In Mississippi Fund; To Require Annual Reporting To The Legislature; To Provide Certain Intervention And Implementation Strategies For Literacy Proficiency Among Students In Grades 4-8; To Define Terminology; To Require The State Department Of Education To Provide A System Of Support For School And District Instructional Leaders, Content-area Teachers, Literacy Coaches, Dyslexia Therapists, Interventionists, Tutors, And Other Identified Personnel To Ensure They Have The Knowledge And Skills To Support Students In Grades 4-8 With Reading Difficulties; To Prescribe What The System Of Support Shall Entail; To Require That Any Student In Grades 4-8 Exhibiting Deficiencies In Reading Shall Receive An Individual Reading Plan (irp) No Later Than 30 Days After The Identification Of The Reading Deficiency; To Specify That The Irp Shall Be Created By The Teacher, Interventionist, Principal, Other Pertinent School Personnel, And Parent And Shall Describe The Scientifically Researched And Evidenced-based Reading Intervention Services The Student Shall Receive To Remedy The Reading Deficit; To Require Written Notification Of The Parent Of Any Student In Grades 4-8 Within 10 Business Days Of The Identification Of A Reading Deficiency; To Require That Any Incoming Student In Grades 4-8 Identified With A Reading Deficiency Be Provided With Supplemental Or Intensive Interventions Dependent Upon The Severity Of The Deficit Skills To Address The Specific Deficiency; To Provide For Remediation For Students Whose Reading Deficiency Is Not Remedied Before The End Of Eighth Grade; To Set Out The Responsibilities Of School Districts, The State Department Of Education, And Educator Preparation Programs; To Provide That The State Board Of Education Shall Have The Authority To Enforce, And May Promulgate Rules And Regulations As Necessary To Implement, The Provisions Promoting Literacy Proficiency Among Students In Grades 4-8; To Enact The "j.p. Wilemon, Jr., Financial Literacy Act"; To Require The State Board Of Education To Incorporate Financial Literacy Components Within The Existing Curriculum To Be Taught In Grades 6-8 Beginning In The 2027-2028 School Year; To Require Successful Passage Of The Stand-alone One-half Carnegie Unit Personal Finance Course Or A Full Carnegie Unit Course Where At Least One-half Of The Course Standards Concern Financial Literacy As A Graduation Requirement; To Amend Sections 37-16-7, 37-7-301 And 37-28-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform, And To Set Certain Topics That Shall Be Required For The Financial Literacy Program; To Create The Mississippi Future Innovators Act; To Create New Section 37-13-215, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That, Beginning With The Entering Ninth-grade Class Of 2029-2030, A Public High School Student Shall, Before Graduation, Be Required To Earn One Unit Of Credit In A High School Computer Science Course, Or One Unit Of Credit In An Industry-aligned Career And Technical Education (cte) With Embedded Computer Science Course; To Provide The State Graduation Requirements That May Be Satisfied By Either Of These Courses; To Require That Such Courses Include Instruction On The Fundamental Concepts Of Emerging Computer Science Technologies, Such As Artificial Intelligence; To Amend Section 37-13-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "career And Technical Education With Embedded Computer Science Course" For Purposes Of The Mississippi Computer Science And Cyber Education Equality Act; To Create New Section 37-13-56, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That, Beginning In The 2027-2028 School Year, Every Public And Charter School Within The State Shall Teach Civics Courses Starting In The 8th Grade And Before The Completion Of 12th Grade; To Provide The Aim And Content Of Such Courses; To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Prescribe The Course Of Study And Shall Update Course Standards To Align With Current Civics Scholarship; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide That Each School District Or Public Charter School Shall Include The "meet Baby Olivia" Video Or A Similar Animation Showing Every Stage Of Human Development Inside The Uterus, Noting Significant Markers In Cell Growth And Organ Development For Every Significant Marker Of Pregnancy Until Birth, In Its Science Curriculum Each Year Between Grades 6 And 12; To Require Written Parental Notification And Allow Parents And Guardians To Opt Their Children Out Of The Showing; To Require That School Districts And Charter Schools Not Violate Federal Or State Law In Complying With This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 37-13-8.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School Boards To Allow A Christian Bible Provided By A Person Or Entity Other Than The School District To Be Visible And Accessible To Students In Public School Classrooms And Libraries; To Amend Section 37-13-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School Boards To Take Such Actions As May Be Necessary To Ensure Compliance With The Requirements That Schools Properly Display The Flag Of The United States And Recite The Pledge Of Allegiance Daily In Classrooms; To Amend Section 37-13-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act Requiring The Daily Recitation Of The Pledge Of Allegiance; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The "i Believe Act"; To Require The School Board Of Each School District To Adopt A Policy Regarding Daily, Voluntary Participation In Prayer And Bible Reading By Students; To Bring Forward Section 37-12-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Regulate Nonconsensual Towing For Personal Motor Vehicles; To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Create The Personal Vehicle Towing Advisory Committee; To Require All Nonconsensually Towed Vehicles In Mississippi To Be Stored In Mississippi; To Prohibit Law Enforcement Officers From Receiving Compensation From Towing Companies; Require Certain Documentation Before Towing; To Prohibit A Towing Or Recovery Service From Using Immobilization Devices; To Bring Forward Sections 85-7-251 And 63-23-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Abandoned Vehicles And Towing, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 21-1-27, 21-1-29, 21-1-61, 21-33-1 And 21-33-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Municipality Is Prohibited From Levying And Collecting Ad Valorem Taxes In Newly Annexed Areas Until The Municipality Has Provided The Services To The Annexed Area Which Are Listed In The Ordinance That The Municipality Is Required To Pass; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Be Known As The Mississippi Breastfeeding Support And Equity Act; To Amend Sections 41-135-1 And 41-135-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Legislative Findings And Intent And Definitions For The Purposes Of The Statutes Supporting And Promoting Breastfeeding; To Amend Section 41-135-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Maternal Health Care Facilities To Adopt An Infant Feeding Policy That Supports And Promotes Breastfeeding; To Require Maternal Health Care Facilities To Provide Counseling To The Mother About Breastfeeding Before Discharge; To Amend Section 41-135-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Maternal Health Care Facilities To Post A Copy Of The "breastfeeding In Mississippi: Guidelines" Conspicuously In A Public Place On Their Premises; To Require That Those Guidelines Include Certain Statements; To Amend Section 41-135-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Health To Provide The Video Prepared By The Department Which Contains Information About The Importance Of Breastfeeding Infants To Other State Agencies That Provide Benefits To Women Of Childbearing Age; To Create New Section 41-135-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Employers To Provide Employees With A Reasonable Break Time And A Private Space To Express Milk During Work Hours; To Amend Section 17-25-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That It Is A Misdemeanor For Any Person To Violate A Mother's Right To Breastfeed Her Child In Any Location Where She Is Otherwise Authorized To Be; To Amend Sections 43-20-31 And 71-1-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Sections 37-28-1, 37-28-3, 37-28-5, 37-28-7, 37-28-9, 37-28-11, 37-28-13, 37-28-15, 37-28-17, 37-28-19, 37-28-21, 37-28-23, 37-28-25, 37-28-27, 37-28-29, 37-28-31, 37-28-33, 37-28-35, 37-28-37, 37-28-39, 37-28-41, 37-28-43, 37-28-45, 37-28-47, 37-28-49, 37-28-51, 37-28-53, 37-28-55, 37-28-57, 37-28-59 And 37-28-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-153-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Career And Technical Education Incentive Grants To Be Used For Purchasing Needed Equipment For Programs That Lead To Qualifying Industry Certifications; To Amend Section 37-153-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Repeal Date On Certain Sections Of The Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training And Education Consolidation Act Of 2004; To Amend Section 37-7-345, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify That A Regional Educational Service Agency May Engage In Bulk Purchasing; To Require That All Services Be Competitively Bid; To Require A Request For Proposals In The Case Of Purchases Over The Highest Threshold; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Sections 37-13-80, 37-13-83, 37-13-85, 37-13-87, 37-13-89, 37-13-91 And 37-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reform The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; To Form The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement And Dropout Prevention Within The State Department Of Education, By Consolidating The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement With The Office Of Dropout Prevention, Where It Is Currently Housed; To Place School Attendance Officers In The Employment Of Their Local School Districts; To Set A New Minimum Salary Scale For School Attendance Officers; To Repeal Section 37-13-80.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Directs The State Board Of Education To Implement A Middle School Dropout Prevention And Recovery Pilot Program In Select "d" And "f" Rated School Districts Selected By The State Board Of Education; To Repeal Section 37-13-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement Within The Office Of Dropout Prevention Of The State Department Of Education; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Rename The Ross Barnett Reservoir, Which Extends Through Portions Of Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Scott And Leake Counties, The "b.b. King Reservoir"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Use Of Corporal Punishment In Public And Charter Schools To Discipline A Student; To Provide That Any Employee Who Violates The Corporal Punishment Prohibition Shall Be Held Liable For Civil Damages Suffered As A Result Of The Administration Of Corporal Punishment; And For Related Purposes.