Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB360: Noninstructional and hourly school employees; compensate at usual rate whenever district temporarily closes schools.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMPENSATE NONINSTRUCTIONAL AND HOURLY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHENEVER THE DISTRICT CLOSES SCHOOLS DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER, ILLNESS OR OTHER REASONS; TO REQUIRE THE COMPENSATION PAID TO THOSE EMPLOYEES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE AMOUNT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IF THE SCHOOLS HAD NOT BEEN CLOSED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to require school districts to compensate noninstructional and hourly school employees whenever the district closes schools due to extreme weather, illness or other reasons; to require the compensation paid to those employees to be consistent with the amount they would have been paid if the schools had not been closed; and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COMPENSATE NONINSTRUCTIONAL AND HOURLY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WHENEVER THE DISTRICT CLOSES SCHOOLS DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER, ILLNESS OR OTHER REASONS; TO REQUIRE THE COMPENSATION PAID TO THOSE EMPLOYEES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE AMOUNT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IF THE SCHOOLS HAD NOT BEEN CLOSED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Whenever a school district is required to close the operation of its schools due to extreme weather conditions or an inordinately large number of absentees as a result of illness, natural disaster or any concerted activity discouraging school attendance, the school district shall compensate noninstructional school employees who are paid hourly wages and any other school employees who are not under contract with the school district, notwithstanding the inability of those employees to report to work. A school employee who is paid an hourly wage for a specified number of hours each day must be compensated for the number of hours the employee would have worked, but for the school's closure, on each particular day that the school is closed. A school employee whose work hours vary from day to day *HR26/R982* H. B. No. 360 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR26/R982 PAGE 1 (DJ\KW) must be compensated for a number of …
Sponsors
- Burnett, Cedric (D, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Education;Appropriations A
Subjects: Noninstructional and hourly school employees
Common questions
- What is HB360?
- HB360 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Noninstructional and hourly school employees; compensate at usual rate whenever district temporarily closes schools.
- What does HB360 do?
- In its own words: An act to require school districts to compensate noninstructional and hourly school employees whenever the district closes schools due to extreme weather, illness or other reasons; to require the compensation paid to those employees to be consistent with the amount they would have been paid if the schools had not been closed; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB360?
- Failed as of February 3, 2026. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB360?
- Burnett, Cedric (D, 9).
- Where is the official record for HB360?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0360.xml
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