Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2051
School start date; require local school boards to fix the opening of the school term no earlier than the fourth Monday in August.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD'S EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY TO FIX THE OPENING AND CLOSING DATES OF THE SCHOOL TERM, THE BOARD SHALL NOT SET THE OPENING DATE BEFORE THE FOURTH MONDAY IN AUGUST; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD IN ESTABLISHING THE OPENING AND CLOSING DATES TO SATISFY THE REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS FOR A SCHOLASTIC YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH FULFILLING THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING WITH THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL TERM; TO PROHIBIT STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING DURING A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH TRAINING MAY BE CONDUCTED AFTER REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS OR DURING THE SUMMER INTERIM; TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY CERTAIN HOLIDAYS SHALL BE OBSERVED AS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS; TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TASK FORCE"; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP AND ITS DUTIES; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 4 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 SenateJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 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.