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 1176
Statewide assessments; authorize parents of children in public schools to opt out of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO GRANT PARENTS OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE RIGHT TO OPT THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF STATEWIDE TESTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO PARENTS OF THIS RIGHT; TO REQUIRE PARENTS TO SUBMIT WRITTEN NOTICE TO THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OF A DECISION TO OPT OUT OF ALL OR PART OF A STATEWIDE TEST; TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM SOLICITING SUCH REQUESTS ON BEHALF OF ANY STUDENT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EMPLOYEES ARE NOT IMPACTED NEGATIVELY DUE TO A STUDENT OPTING OUT OF A STATEWIDE TEST; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO ASSESS A STUDENT'S MASTERY OF MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION IF THE STUDENT HAS OPTED OUT OF STATEWIDE TESTS; 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.