Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 31, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2620
School district consolidation; require in Montgomery County and Winona.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND WINONA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THERE SHALL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION INTO ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE MONTGOMERY-WINONA SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2016; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE NEW MONTGOMERY-WINONA SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTRATIVELY CONSOLIDATE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH DOES NOT VOLUNTARILY FOLLOW THE CONSOLIDATION ORDER; TO ABOLISH THE FORMER SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION AND PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR EXECUTION OF TEACHER AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS AND THE PREPARATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET IN THE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION; TO PROVIDE A TWO-YEAR WAIVER FROM ACCOUNTABILITY AND STATE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW STUDENT POPULATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 March 31, 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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 12
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 13
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 13Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 12
- Feb 14Sent to the House
- Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Education
- Mar 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
- Mar 11Read the third time in the House
- Mar 12Amended in the House
- Passed the House as amended
Back in the Senate Mar 12 – Mar 31
- Mar 12Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Clark, Moore and Clarke)
- Mar 13Reconsidered in the House
- Amended in the House
- Passed the House as amended
- Mar 18Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
- Mar 19Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
- Mar 27Conferees named in the Senate: Tollison, Collins and Carmichael
- Conferees named in the House: Moore, Barker and Guice
- Mar 31Died in conference in the Senate
All 19 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To EducationSenate
- Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 13Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
- Feb 13PassedSenate
- Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
- Feb 15Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
- Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 11Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
- Mar 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 12Motion to Reconsider Entered (Clark, Moore, Clarke)House of Representatives
- Mar 13ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
- Mar 13AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 13Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 18Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
- Mar 19Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
- Mar 27Conferees Named Tollison,Collins,CarmichaelSenate
- Mar 27Conferees Named Moore,Barker,GuiceHouse of Representatives
- Mar 31Died In ConferenceSenate