l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 893

Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime via video conferencing means.

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 PROVIDE AN ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVING THE HIGHEST INCIDENCES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPLOYING SOCIAL WORKERS; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL RECEIVE ALLOCATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS; TO REQUIRE SOCIAL WORKERS EMPLOYED WITH THOSE FUNDS TO BE APPROPRIATELY LICENSED; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF SOCIAL WORKERS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO JOINTLY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO MAKE THE SERVICES OF SOCIAL WORKERS ACCESSIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING MEANS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO EMPLOY TEN SOCIAL WORKERS TO STAFF THE VIDEO CONFERENCING PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS WHO IDENTIFY A NEED FOR THE SERVICES OF A SOCIAL WORKER TO ARRANGE FOR THOSE SERVICES VIA THE VIDEO CONFERENCING PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

6 co-sponsors

Chuck Espy, David Gibbs, Esther Harrison, Robert E. Huddleston, America Chuck Middleton, Sara R. Thomas

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. Jan 17Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives