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 73
Textbooks; authorize flexibility in use of alternative electronic forms of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-43-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH THE FLEXIBLE AUTHORITY TO USE ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS IN ADDITION TO OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL BOUND TEXTBOOKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDENT INSTRUCTION; TO PROHIBIT STUDENTS FROM CARRYING ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT ARE PROPERTY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HOME; TO REQUIRE TEACHERS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN THE ACCESS CODE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO ACCESS THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL AT HOME UPON A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE; TO DEFINE THE TERM "ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK"; 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 7 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 7 to Feb 4 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 7 to Feb 4 · stopped28 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.