Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2183
Unlawful absences from school; no promotion or graduation if student has accumulated 21 or more absences in preceding school year.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-7 AND 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROMOTE A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE STUDENT TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL OR ALLOW SUCH STUDENT TO GRADUATE IF THAT STUDENT HAS ACCUMULATED 21 OR MORE UNLAWFUL ABSENCES IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT NO SCHOOL SHALL ALLOW A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT TO EARN CREDIT IF HE HAS ACCUMULATED 11 UNLAWFUL ABSENCES; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 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 SenateJan 20 to Mar 6 · stopped46 days
EducationJan 20 to Mar 6 · stopped46 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.