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 747
School attendance; authorize up to maximum of 5 excused absences for compulsory-school-age children of certain military personnel.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE THE ABSENCES OF A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD WHOSE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN IS BEING DEPLOYED OR RETURNING FROM DEPLOYMENT ON LEAVE WITHIN THE CATEGORY OF EXCUSED ABSENCES; TO REQUIRE THAT THOSE COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN BE GRANTED UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE EXCUSED ABSENCES PER SCHOOL YEAR FOR PURPOSES OF VISITING WITH HIS OR HER PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN BEFORE THE PARENT'S OR LEGAL GUARDIAN'S EXTENDED OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT OR DURING A RETURN ON LEAVE FROM AN EXTENDED OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT; 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.