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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 217

Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2012; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT PREVENTION ACT OF 2012; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THE LOWEST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP METHODS OF TARGETED INTERVENTION FOR LOW PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE THAT CHILDREN OF A CERTAIN AGE MAY NOT WITHDRAW FROM SCHOOL UNLESS CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-13-80, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES THE OFFICE OF DROPOUT PREVENTION WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE MISSISSIPPI COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW, FOR PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

February 10 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 10 to Mar 6 · stopped25 days

EducationFeb 10 to Mar 6 · stopped25 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 House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 10Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 10Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives