Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2489
High-school graduation and grade promotion requirements; replace PARCC with ACT Test.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO REPLACE SATP AND PARCC STUDENT ASSESSMENTS WITH THE ACT TEST; TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR STUDENTS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PASS THE ACT TEST WITH A SATISFACTORY SCORE DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR PROMOTION TO GRADE LEVELS AND HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATION; 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 Senate
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 SenateJan 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.