Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
House Bill 456
School Start Date Act; repeal in order to allow local school boards to determine the start of a new academic year.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 37-163-62, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE SCHOOL START DATE ACT, WHICH PRESCRIBES THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR, ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BEGIN THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR OF INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS ON OR AFTER THE THIRD MONDAY IN AUGUST; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH VESTS POWER AND AUTHORITY IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH THE DATES FOR THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL TERM, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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
RulesJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.