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 717
Statewide testing; authorize districts to use alternative lettering or numbering on multiple choice answers.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN ADMINISTERING THE STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM, TO EITHER ALLOW LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MODIFY THE ANSWER SELECTION PROCESS TO MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS "(B)" AND "(D)" BY SUBSTITUTING A SERIES OF NUMBERS OR LETTERS WHICH DOES NOT CONTAIN THE LETTERS "B" AND "D" OR ALTERNATIVELY, TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALTERNATIVE TESTING INSTRUMENTS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN THE POSSIBLE ANSWERS "(B)" AND "(D)" TO MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS; 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.