l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 452

Accreditation of schools; revise manner by which certain schools are assigned a grade designation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, BEGINNING WITH THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR, TO USE A CERTAIN FORMULA FOR THE HIRING OF CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARIANS RATHER THAN MANDATING THE FORMULA BE USED; TO REVISE THE MANNER BY WHICH SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT ADMINISTER STATEWIDE STANDARD ASSESSMENTS ARE ASSIGNED A GRADE DESIGNATION IN THE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES BASED ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING SYSTEM; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN SCHOOLS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF BEING ASSIGNED A GRADE DESIGNATION; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE PUBLIC NOTICE ISSUED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR FAILURE TO MEET ACCREDITATION STANDARDS BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PERMIT THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF SUCH PROBATIONARY PERIOD TO BE IN ELECTRONIC OR PRINT FORMAT; 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

Its course

January 20 to March 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 1324 days

EducationJan 20 to Jan 3111 days

In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 days

EducationFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 13

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Read the third time in the House
  4. Amendment failed in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 4

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Rushing, Moore and Clarke)
  2. Motion in the House to reconsider withdrawn
  3. Sent to the Senate
  4. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  5. Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published