Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2668
Students who are blind or visually impaired; revise standards for education services for.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-193, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE DEFINITIONS RELATING TO THE EDUCATION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-23-195 AND 37-23-197, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR THE DECISION BY THE IEP OR 504 TEAM THAT BRAILLE INSTRUCTION IS APPROPRIATE FOR A STUDENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-199, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLISHERS OF BRAILLE TEXTBOOKS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO UPDATE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-23-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE TEACHERS IN THE EDUCATION OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCE IN READING AND WRITING BRAILLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 4 to March 18, 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.
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 Senate Feb 4 – Feb 21
- Feb 4Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 14Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 21Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Feb 22 – Mar 18
- Feb 22Sent to the House
- Feb 25Referred to the House committee on Education
- Mar 18Died in committee in the House