Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
House Bill 449
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; revise certain defined terms and prescribe credentials for individuals authorized to evaluate students.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-173-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "DYSLEXIA THERAPY" AND "DYSLEXIA THERAPIST" FOR PURPOSES OF THE DYSLEXIA THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-173-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE DYSLEXIA SCREENING OF STUDENTS FOR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY EITHER IN THE SPRING OF THE STUDENT'S KINDERGARTEN YEAR OR IN THE FALL OF THE STUDENT'S FIRST GRADE YEAR; TO PRESCRIBE THE CREDENTIALS OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WHO MAY CONDUCT DYSLEXIA EVALUATIONS; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.