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 686
Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE STUDENTS IN ANY GRADE HIGHER THAN GRADE 6 TO MAINTAIN A WEEKLY GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 2.0 OR HIGHER ON A 4.0 SCALE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY DURING THE WEEK OR THE IMMEDIATELY APPROACHING WEEKEND DURING WHICH THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE CONDUCTED; TO AUTHORIZE TEACHERS TO TEMPORARILY REVOKE THE PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY OF ANY DISRUPTIVE STUDENT UNTIL THE TIME THAT THE STUDENT CONFORMS HIS OR HER BEHAVIOR; TO REQUIRE THE TEACHER TO TIMELY NOTIFY THE SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL AND THE SPONSOR OR COACH OF THOSE ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR AND THE TEMPORARY REVOCATION OF PARTICIPATION PRIVILEGES; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE, THE PRINCIPAL SHALL REQUIRE THE SPONSOR OR COACH TO IMMEDIATELY ENFORCE THE TEMPORARY REVOCATION; 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
7 co-sponsors
Randy P. Boyd, Lester Carpenter, Bill Denny, Mark Formby, Steve Massengill, John L. Moore, Pat Nelson
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.