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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 840

Dyslexia education; require instruction in for licensure as educator or administrator.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-173-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE, BEGINNING IN THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, EACH INDIVIDUAL ENROLLED IN A POSTSECONDARY DEGREE COURSE OF STUDY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THOSE PURSING A DEGREE IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO COMPLETE A MINIMUM OF THREE SEMESTER HOURS OF DYSLEXIA EDUCATION BEFORE GRADUATION WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF EIGHTY PERCENT; TO REQUIRE ALL CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR LICENSURE AS A MISSISSIPPI LICENSED EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATOR, SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR, OR THOSE APPLYING FOR AA ADMINISTRATOR LICENSURE TO SHOW PROOF OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AN APPROVED DYSLEXIA EDUCATION COURSE WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF EIGHTY PERCENT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2015; TO EXEMPT CERTAIN SCHOOL PERSONNEL FROM THE DYSLEXIA EDUCATION REQUIREMENT AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOL EMPLOYING SUCH PERSONS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DYSLEXIA EDUCATION TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO APPROPRIATE SCHOOL PERSONNEL THROUGH THE USE OF A MISSISSIPPI AA LICENSED DYSLEXIA THERAPIST SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DYSLEXIA EDUCATION COURSE SHALL BE A THREE-SEMESTER-HOUR COURSE DESIGNED BY A COMMITTEE OF DYSLEXIA EDUCATION EXPERTS SELECTED BY THE GOVERNOR; TO PRESCRIBE THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COURSE SHALL PROVIDE RESEARCH-BASED FACTS ABOUT DYSLEXIA THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION'S PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMITTEE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-159-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-173-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REPEAL OF THE DYSLEXIA THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP; 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

16 co-sponsors

William Tracy Arnold, Toby Barker, Randy P. Boyd, Lester Carpenter, Gary Chism, Dennis DeBar, Jr., Andy Gipson, Bill Kinkade, Rita Martinson, Doug McLeod, Alex Monsour, Bill Pigott, Gary V. Staples, Tommy Taylor, Jerry R. Turner, Patricia H. Willis

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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives