l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2535

Compulsory school attendance law; delete authority to disenroll kindergarten student and prohibit automatic failure for absenteeism.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE AUTHORITY FOR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO DISENROLL A CHILD FROM A PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, AND TO PROHIBIT A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM AUTOMATICALLY FAILING A STUDENT DUE TO ABSENTEEISM IF THE STUDENT IS OTHERWISE MAKING SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS; 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

Its course

January 14 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 14 to Feb 1 · stopped18 days

EducationJan 14 to Feb 1 · stopped18 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 Senate Jan 14 – Feb 1

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