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 304
School district graduation rates; require local districts to receive education credit for resident students obtaining GED.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-35-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AND COMPLETED AN APPROVED GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (GED) PROGRAM, AND WHO HAVE MET CERTAIN CRITERIA TO EARN A CERTIFICATE OF EQUIVALENCY, SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS GRADUATES OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY RESIDE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPILING DISTRICT DROPOUT, GRADUATION AND COMPLETION RATES BASED ON THE CALCULATION METHOD USED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE THAT THE EDUCATION CREDITS OF ANY STUDENT EARNING A CERTIFICATE OF EQUIVALENCY FROM A GED PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR A COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE BE ALLOCATED TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THAT STUDENT RESIDES FOR THE GRADUATION RATE COMPILATION, WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENT COMPLETES THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF HIS RESIDENCE; TO DEFINE THE TERM "SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORIGIN" FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING ANY AMBIGUITY RELATING TO THE USE OF THE TERM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 4 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 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 4 to Feb 1 · 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.