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 2469
School start date; require local school boards to fix the opening of the school term no earlier than the fourth Monday in August.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD'S EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY TO FIX THE OPENING AND CLOSING DATES OF THE SCHOOL TERM, THE BOARD SHALL NOT SET THE OPENING DATE BEFORE THE FOURTH MONDAY IN AUGUST; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD IN ESTABLISHING THE OPENING AND CLOSING DATES TO SATISFY THE REQUIRED MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS FOR A SCHOLASTIC YEAR; 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
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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 days
EducationFeb 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.