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 971
Public high schools; revise graduation requirements and authorize pre-apprentice programs.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT TO PREPARE AN INTERIM NEXT-STEP PLAN SETTING FORTH THE COURSEWORK REMAINING FOR THE GRADES UNTIL THE STUDENT'S GRADUATION; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN COURSES THAT STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE FOR GRADUATION; TO AUTHORIZE STUDENTS TO EARN A MISSISSIPPI DIPLOMA OF EXCELLENCE BY COMPLETING A MORE INTENSE CURRICULUM; TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE FOR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT ARE INDUSTRY TAUGHT OR GUIDED FOR QUALIFIED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPROVAL OF PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, PROVIDERS AND INDUSTRY INSTRUCTORS; TO EXEMPT INDUSTRY INSTRUCTORS FROM TEACHER LICENSURE PROVISIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PRESCRIBES REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHER LICENSURE, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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.