Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 1164
School accountability system; revise to include ranking by Grades of "A" through "F".
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "A-PLUS ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM ACT"; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ANNUALLY DEVELOP, IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SCHOOL AND DISTRICT REPORT CARDS TO BE DELIVERED TO PARENTS THROUGHOUT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PRESCRIBE THE DESIGN AND CONTENT OF SCHOOL AND DISTRICT REPORT CARDS; TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR THOSE SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS WITH "A" OR "B" GRADE DESIGNATIONS; TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER FOR WHICH GRADES SHOULD BE CALCULATED AND ASSIGNED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS SHALL BE SEVERABLE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS HEREIN; 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
February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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.