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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 935

Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.

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 AMEND SECTION 37-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND ADOPT A UNIFORM POLICY STIPULATING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN ENROLLED IN AND IN ATTENDANCE AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE ADHERED TO AND IMPLEMENTED BY ALL LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE POLICY SHALL NOT ABROGATE THE RIGHT OF ANY PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A CHILD TO LEGALLY TRANSFER THE CHILD TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFERRING STUDENTS BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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

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. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published