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 62
School start date; restrict local school boards from starting school year before Labor Day.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD'S EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY TO FIX THE OPENING AND CLOSING DATES OF THE SCHOOL TERM, THE BOARD SHALL NOT SET THE OPENING DATE BEFORE LABOR DAY; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD IN ESTABLISHING THE OPENING AND CLOSING DATES TO SATISFY THE REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS FOR A SCHOLASTIC YEAR; 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.