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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2944

Charter schools; authorize additional open enrollment charter schools in high at-risk areas of the state.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-28-3, 37-28-5, 37-28-7, 37-28-15, 37-28-17 AND 37-28-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR UP TO 5 NEW OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL BE ORGANIZED AS NONPROFIT TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD SHALL APPROVE PETITIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH AN APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE PREFERENCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT STATE FUNDS SHALL GO DIRECTLY TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL USE A WEIGHTED LOTTERY SYSTEM TO FILL ENROLLMENT SEATS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHERS SHALL BE EMPLOYEES OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTING; 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

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

  1. Feb 4Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate