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2008 Regular Session

House Bill 1041

Pre-kindergarten programs; require Delta school districts with Level 1 or 2 elementary schools to provide.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM TO OFFER A FULL DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE DELTA REGION HAVING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ACCREDITED AT LEVEL 1 OR 2 DURING THE PRECEDING TWO SCHOOL YEARS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER THE PILOT PROGRAM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PRESCRIBES THE GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS, INCLUDING THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT A VOLUNTARY FULL DAY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM; 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

6 co-sponsors

John Mayo, Willie Bailey, John W. Hines, Sr., Robert E. Huddleston, Linda Whittington, Toby Barker

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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 4 to Feb 139 days

AppropriationsFeb 13 to Feb 19 · stopped6 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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 13Reported as a committee substitute from ED to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 13DR - TSDPCS: ED To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives