Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 1175
ACT and ACT Aspire; use as exit exam for high school students as graduation requirement and determining levels of proficiency in Grades 3-9.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM TO REVIEW THE REQUIREMENT FOR PASSAGE OF SUBJECT AREA TESTS AS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PASSAGE OF SUBJECT AREA TESTS AS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM ADMINISTRATION OF SUBJECT AREA TEST AND THE ACT IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM COMPOSITE SCORE TO BE ATTAINED ON THE ACT ASSESSMENT TO QUALIFY A STUDENT FOR GRADUATION AND FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS; TO PROVIDE FOR FUNDING FOR THE COST OF ADMINISTERING THE ACT TO STUDENTS IN GRADE 11 AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY USE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF AN EQUIVALENT ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED MINIMUM COMPOSITE SCORE ON THE ACT AS A CONDITION OF GRADUATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-17, 37-3-49 AND 37-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.