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2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2690

Transfer of students between school districts; automatic transfer of students attending school rated "C," "D" or "F."

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS TO ATTEND AN APPROVED NONPUBLIC SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-29 AND 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO A SCHOOL OF CHOICE UPON THE PETITION OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH STUDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH STUDENT TO THE TRANSFEREE SCHOOL SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN UNLESS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREES TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-93, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCEPTING ANY TRANSFER STUDENT SHALL CHARGE THE STUDENT ANY TUITION FEES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-13 AND 37-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

1 co-sponsor

Gray Tollison

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.

In the Senate Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published