Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 1066
School start date; prohibit local school boards from fixing opening date before 4th Monday in August.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS FROM ESTABLISHING AS THE OPENING DATE OF THE SCHOOL TERM ANY DATE THAT IS BEFORE THE FOURTH MONDAY IN AUGUST; TO REQUIRE ALL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS TO BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH FULFILLING THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR; TO PROHIBIT STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING DURING A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY; TO PRESCRIBE THOSE HOLIDAYS THAT MUST BE OBSERVED AS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS; TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TASK FORCE"; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP AND ITS DUTIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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.