l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2721

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program; require IHL to grant minimum credit to graduates of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A POLICY FOR THE GRANTING OF A MINIMUM NUMBER OF COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CREDITS TO FIRST-TIME FRESHMEN STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO MAKE THE POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; TO REQUIRE EACH STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF CREDITS THE INSTITUTION MAY GRANT TO A STUDENT WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE STUDENTS SCORING THREE OR HIGHER ON INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE END-OF-COURSE EXAMS TO BE GRANTED A MINIMUM NUMBER OF TWENTY-FOUR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CREDITS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Universities and Colleges
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Universities and CollegesSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate