l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 919

Hope Program; establish and develop system to re-enroll high school dropouts in programs leading to a high school diploma.

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 ESTABLISH THE HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY PATHWAYS THROUGH EDUCATION (HOPE) PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOAL OF THE HOPE PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM IN THIS STATE TO RE-ENROLL SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN PROGRAMS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HOPE PROGRAM SHALL AWARD GRANTS, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION FOR THAT PURPOSE, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ASSIST IN ESTABLISHING INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND OTHER SERVICES DESIGNED TO RE-ENROLL HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS; TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE HOPE PROGRAM SHALL ALLOW HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS TO RE-ENROLL IN AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN CONFORMANCE WITH RULES ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STUDENT IN THE HOPE PROGRAM WHO WISHES TO EARN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA MUST MEET THE PREREQUISITES TO RECEIVING A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND ANY OTHER GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE STUDENT'S DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STUDENT WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIS OR HER GRADUATION SHALL RECEIVE A DIPLOMA IDENTIFYING THE STUDENT AS GRADUATING FROM HIS OR HER DISTRICT OF RESIDENCE; TO PROVIDE THAT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING UNDER THE HOPE PROGRAM, A SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST DEVELOP A HOPE PLAN TO BE APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY OPERATE ITS OWN PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE HOPE PROGRAM OR ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES TO OPERATE A PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT HOPE PROGRAM FUNDING MUST BE DISTRIBUTED BASED UPON THE PROPORTION OF DROPOUTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DROPOUTS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY RECEIVE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE HOPE PROGRAM IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET; TO SPECIFY CATEGORIES OF PROGRAMMING IN THE HOPE PROGRAM; TO SPECIFY THE MINIMUM COMPONENTS FOR PROGRAMS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE HOPE PROGRAM; 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

7 co-sponsors

Clara Burnett, 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