Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2325
Low-performing schools; provide open enrollment transfers/private school opportunity scholarships for students residing in district.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY OF OPEN ENROLLMENT WHICH ALLOWS STUDENTS IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACCREDITED AT LEVEL ONE OR TWO, BEGINNING IN THE 2008-2009 SCHOOL YEAR, TO ATTEND ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A DISTRICT ACCREDITED AT LEVEL THREE OR HIGHER OR ANY ACCREDITED PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE; TO SPECIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY; TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAY REQUEST AND RECEIVE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AN OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PAYMENT FOR THE STUDENTS TO ATTEND AN ACCREDITED PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL; TO SPECIFY SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS AND PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AND PAYMENT; TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-13 THROUGH 37-15-17, 37-15-21 AND 37-15-29 THROUGH 37-15-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 25 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 SenateJan 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 days
EducationJan 25 to Feb 19 · stopped25 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.