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 902
School districts; restrict discharge of teachers and administrators under certain instances of reduced district funding.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RESTRICT THE DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS BY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH EXPERIENCE A DECREASE IN ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDS DUE TO A REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE DURING ANY SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE EVENT OF A REDUCTION OF FUNDING, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS SHALL BE THE LAST TO BE DISCHARGED OR RELEASED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE FISCAL OFFICER SHALL NOT REDUCE ANY ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHEN STATE REVENUES FALL BELOW THE REVENUE ESTIMATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL NOT REDUCE ANY FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR TEACHER'S AND ADMINISTRATOR'S COMPENSATION UNDER THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM WHEN REALLOCATING OF THOSE FUNDS TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND ALLOCATED BY THE STATE FISCAL OFFICER; 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.