Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2009
School district consolidation; authorize State Board of Education to mandate where schools have failed for two consecutive years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6 AND 37-17-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN ANY SCHOOL IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A FAILING SCHOOL FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS, THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ABOLISH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, APPOINT A CONSERVATOR TO ADMINISTER THE SCHOOLS FORMERLY IN THE DISTRICT AND ASSIGN THE TERRITORY FORMERLY IN THE ABOLISHED DISTRICT TO ONE OR MORE CONTIGUOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OF THE RECEIVING DISTRICT SHALL CONSENT TO THE RECEIPT OF THE TERRITORY OF THE ABOLISHED DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE ABOLISHED DISTRICT, NEW TEACHER CONTRACTS, APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS, ADOPTION OF SCHOOL BUDGETS AND FINAL APPROVAL OF THE MANDATORY CONSOLIDATION BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; 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 5 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 SenateJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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.