Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2672
Charter schools; provide standards and procedures for conversion and open-enrollment charter schools.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-28-1, 37-28-3, 37-28-5, 37-28-7, 37-28-9, 37-28-11, 37-28-13, 37-28-15, 37-28-17, 37-28-19, AND TO CODIFY SECTION 37-28-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, AUTHORIZATION, STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PETITION REQUESTING CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONVERSION AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION OF THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND A DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PRESCRIBE TERMS OF THE CHARTER FOR SUCH SCHOOLS, TO PRESCRIBE MISSISSIPPI STATUTES UNDER WHICH THE CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL OPERATE AND NOT BE EXEMPT, TO PROVIDE FOR A STANDING RECOMMENDING ENTITY TO REVIEW ANY PETITION FOR CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS AND TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR THE REVIEW OF SUCH PETITION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DURATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS, TO PRESCRIBE A FORMULA FOR FUNDING OF CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND TO SPECIFY THE USE OF SUCH FUNDING, TO PROVIDE FOR THE STATUS OF EMPLOYEES OF SUCH CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVOCATION AND PROBATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER FOR THE CHAPTER PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI; 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 15 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 SenateJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days
EducationJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.