Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2397
Third Grade reading proficiency; enact "Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act."
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT ENTITLED "THE MISSISSIPPI LITERACY-BASED PROMOTION ACT" RELATING TO STUDENT READING DEFICIENCY AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY STUDENT WHO EXHIBITS A SUBSTANTIAL DEFICIENCY IN READING IN GRADE 1, GRADE 2 OR GRADE 3 SHALL RECEIVE INTENSIVE READING INSTRUCTION; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE STUDENT'S READING DEFICIENCY IS NOT REMEDIED BY THE END OF GRADE 3, THE STUDENT MUST BE RETAINED AND NOT PROMOTED; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS PROHIBITION BASED UPON GOOD CAUSE; TO PRESCRIBE PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION FOR SUCCESSFUL PROGRESSION FOR RETAINED STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; TO EMPOWER AND DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ENFORCE THIS SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CHILDREN AGE 5 ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1 OF THE CALENDAR YEAR ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-13-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE MISSISSIPPI READING SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION; 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 21 to February 5, 2013, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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.