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 970
Compulsory school attendance; increase age of and revise various provisions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AGE OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE TO EIGHTEEN AND TO INCLUDE UNDER THE DEFINITION OF "COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD" CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO TURN EIGHTEEN BUT HAVE NOT YET GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN STUDENTS AGED SEVENTEEN AND EIGHTEEN TO WITHDRAW FROM SCHOOL, WITH THEIR PARENTS WRITTEN CONSENT, AFTER AN EXIT INTERVIEW IS HELD; TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO SUBMIT A DAILY REPORT OF ABSENCES TO THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER; TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR PARENTS OF COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN WHO FAIL TO REQUIRE THEIR CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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.