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 465
High school diploma; require school districts to award upon completion of graduation requirements regardless of student's age.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ALLOW A STUDENT WHO COMPLETES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION TO BE AWARDED A STANDARD DIPLOMA REGARDLESS OF THE STUDENT'S AGE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCLUDE FROM THE DEFINITION OF "COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD" THOSE STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE ATTAINING 17 YEARS OF AGE; 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.
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.