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 640
Compulsory school attendance law; delete authority to disenroll kindergarten student and prohibit automatic failure for absenteeism.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE AUTHORITY FOR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO DISENROLL A CHILD FROM A PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, AND TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM AUTOMATICALLY FAILING A STUDENT DUE TO ABSENTEEISM IF THE STUDENT IS OTHERWISE MAKING SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS; 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 13 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 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days
EducationJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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.