Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2774
Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTIONS 37-28-1, 37-28-3, 37-28-5, 37-28-7, 37-28-9, 37-28-11, 37-28-13, 37-28-15, 37-28-17, 37-28-19 AND 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER WHICH EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEETING CERTAIN CRITERIA MAY CONVERT TO CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS, TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR NEW OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL BE ORGANIZED AS NONPROFIT TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE CRITERIA FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AT THE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN STATE FUNDS SHALL GO DIRECTLY TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS ON A PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE BASIS, TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS MAY USE A WEIGHTED LOTTERY SYSTEM TO FILL ENROLLMENT SEATS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF SUCH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHERS SHALL BE EMPLOYEES OF THE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL ISSUE REGULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTING, TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR PROBATION AND REVOCATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-28-1 THROUGH 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-165-1 THROUGH 37-165-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE "CONVERSION CHARTER SCHOOL ACT OF 2010"; 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
9 co-sponsors
Chris McDaniel, Merle Flowers, Eugene S. Clarke, Billy Hewes, Giles Ward, Gary Jackson, Joey Fillingane, Lee Yancey, Terry C. Burton
Its course
January 17 to March 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.
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 8
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 8Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 1
- Feb 10Sent to the House
- Feb 14Referred to the House committee on Education
- Mar 1Died in committee in the House