Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 1339
New Start School; require transitional year after being considered failing 3 consecutive school years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-167-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE FIRST SCHOOL YEAR FOLLOWING THE THREE CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS THAT A SCHOOL IS CONSIDERED A FAILING SCHOOL, AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO BE A TRANSITIONAL YEAR DURING WHICH THE SCHOOL IS TRANSFORMED INTO A NEW START SCHOOL; 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 April 3, 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.
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 House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 9
- Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Education
- Mar 5Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 9Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 12 – Apr 3
- Mar 12Sent to the Senate
- Mar 19Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate