Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 1022
Exceptional children; revise provisions relating to the education of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-23-1 AND 37-23-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AGE OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN WHO QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES TO TWENTY-ONE YEARS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-135, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT ENSURE THE STATE'S FULL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GOAL IS IMPLEMENTED SO THAT ALL CHILDREN IN THE STATE WITH DISABILITIES, AGES BIRTH THROUGH TWENTY-ONE YEARS, ARE PROVIDED FULL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE 2011, AND TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO PARENTS OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE INVITED TO THEIR CHILD'S IEP MEETING; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE COMPLAINT PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-145, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY PANEL ON SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TO REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PANEL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.