School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.

HB 576 transfers the responsibility for employing and managing school attendance officers from Mississippi's State Department of Education (MDE) to local school districts. It requires districts to fund one officer for every 3,000 students in compulsory-age enrollment, maintains current salaries for transferred staff (with a 25% increase), and abolishes three regional officer positions. The bill also mandates that transferred officers continue serving at charter schools within their district and ensures no interruption to retirement or health benefits. This change directly affects local school districts, current MDE-employed officers, and students whose attendance is monitored under Mississippi's compulsory school attendance law.