Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 13, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2577
Failing schools and school districts; establish an "Achievement School District" within the State Department of Education.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH AN "ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT" AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO OPERATE AND MANAGE CERTAIN SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH HAVE BEEN RATED AS FAILING FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DEPUTY STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, TO EMPOWER THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MANAGE OR CONTRACT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SUCH SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR A TERM NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS; 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 13, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 13 · stopped24 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 415 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 13
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 13Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To EducationSenate
- Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 13Died On CalendarSenate