l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1150

Charter schools; establish and revise procedure for the creation of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CODIFY 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 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER WHICH EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA MAY CONVERT TO CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL BE ORGANIZED AS NONPROFIT TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MAY APPROVE PETITIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS OR PETITION MAY BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE CRITERIA FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE PREFERENCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN STATE FUNDS SHALL GO DIRECTLY TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ON A PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE BASIS, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS MAY USE A WEIGHTED LOTTERY SYSTEM TO FILL ENROLLMENT SEATS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF SUCH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHERS SHALL BE EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ISSUE REGULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTING, TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR PROBATION AND REVOCATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-28-1 THROUGH 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-165-1 THROUGH 37-165-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE "CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF 2010"; 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

1 co-sponsor

Tom Weathersby

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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

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