l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 572

I.B. Diploma Program; require IHL to grant minimum credit to certain graduates of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Universities and Colleges Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 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 House of Representatives

Its course

February 17 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 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 days

Universities and CollegesFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 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 17 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Universities and Colleges
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Universities and CollegesHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives