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 920
Charter schools; authorize all public schools to seek to convert to charter status.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-165-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "CHRONICALLY UNDER-PERFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOL" FROM THE CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF 2010 IN ORDER TO ALLOW ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO APPLY FOR CONVERSION TO CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-165-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL TO SEEK TO CONVERT TO CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-165-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-165-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE THE EARLIEST DATE ON WHICH CHARTER SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF 2010 MAY BEGIN TO OPERATE FROM JULY 1, 2013, TO JULY 1, 2012; TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ORIGINAL CHARTER SCHOOL STATUTES, WHICH WERE REPEALED BY OPERATION OF LAW ON JULY 1, 2009; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.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 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.