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 2185
Prekindergarten programs; to be implemented by the State Department of Education on a phased-in basis.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ON A PHASED-IN BASIS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-21-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES RELATIVE TO THE "EARLY LEARNING COLLABORATIVE ACT" TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO REDESIGNATE THE PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM AS THE "EARLY LEARNING COLLABORATIVE ACT OF 2012," TO COMMIT FUNDING OF THE "EARLY LEARNING COLLABORATIVE ACT OF 2012" ON A PHASED-IN BASIS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT MANDATORY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS SHALL FIRST BE PROVIDED IN UNDER-PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-21-53 AND 37-21-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ASSIST THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN IMPLEMENTING THE "EARLY LEARNING COLLABORATIVE ACT OF 2012"; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT THE "EARLY LEARNING COLLABORATIVE ACT OF 2012"; 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.
In the Senate Jan 20 – Mar 6
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate