l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 464

Charter schools; establish process for establishing open enrollment and conversion.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REENACT SECTIONS 37-28-1 THROUGH 37-28-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH WERE THE LAWS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND WHICH WERE REPEALED BY OPERATION OF LAW ON JULY 1, 2009; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 37-28-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO BE CREATED BY CONVERTING AN EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL TO CHARTER STATUS OR BY ESTABLISHING A NEW OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 37-28-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PETITION REQUESTING A CHARTER FOR AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 37-28-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TERMS OF A CHARTER FOR AN OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 37-28-10.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 37-28-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ANNUALLY EVALUATE EACH OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO PLACE A SCHOOL ON PROBATION OR REVOKE ITS CHARTER FOR CERTAIN REASONS; 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

Its course

January 11 to February 2, 2010, 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 11 to Feb 2 · stopped22 days

EducationJan 11 to Feb 2 · stopped22 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 House of Representatives Jan 11 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published