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 2804
Children with disabilities; provide certain standards to comply with federal IDEA.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-23-1, 37-23-3, 37-23-135, 37-23-139 AND 37-23-145, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "EXCEPTIONAL CHILD" FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PURPOSES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WILL PROVIDE FULL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AGES BIRTH THROUGH 21 YEARS NO LATER THAN THE YEAR 2010, TO PROVIDE THAT PARENTS RECEIVING SERVICES UNDER THE FEDERAL IDEA LAW WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATION REGARDING THEIR CHILD'S IEP, TO SET FORTH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING COMPLAINT PROCEDURES AND INVESTIGATIONS BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO CLARIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE ADVISORY PANEL ON SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TO PRESCRIBE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION BE FORWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE STATE ADVISORY 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 Senate
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 SenateFeb 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.
In the Senate Feb 4 – Feb 19
- Feb 4Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate