Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 857
MS Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise certain provisions relating to excused absences and the reporting of unlawful absences.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD RESULTING FROM A MEDICAL OR DENTAL APPOINTMENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR HIS DESIGNEE; TO AUTHORIZE A DESIGNEE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REPORT THE NONENROLLMENT STATUS OF AN ELIGIBLE CHILD OR THE UNLAWFUL ABSENCES OF A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD IN EXCESS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER; 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
4 co-sponsors
Eugene Forrest Hamilton, W. T. Mayhall, Jr., John Mayo, Tommy L. Woods
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, 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 RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.