Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 156
School accountability system; remove requirement for a combined state-federal system and revise name of state standards.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FORM A SINGLE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM BY COMBINING THE STATE SYSTEM WITH THE FEDERAL SYSTEM; TO CONFORM REFERENCES TO THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS WITH THEIR COMMON NAME, THE "MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AND CAREER-READY STANDARDS"; TO AMEND SECTION 37-177-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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
9 co-sponsors
Dennis DeBar, Jr., Timmy Ladner, Mark Baker, Brent Powell, Tom Weathersby, Wanda Jennings, Gene Alday, Ray Rogers, Alex Monsour
Its course
January 12 to March 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.
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 House of Representatives Jan 12 – Jan 22
- Jan 12Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 21Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Read the third time in the House
- Jan 22Passed the House
In the Senate Jan 22 – Mar 3
- Jan 22Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Holloway, Moore and Clarke)
- Jan 27Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
- Sent to the Senate
- Feb 9Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
- Jan 21Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
- Jan 21Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
- Jan 22PassedHouse of Representatives
- Jan 22Motion to Reconsider Entered (Holloway, Moore, Clarke)House of Representatives
- Jan 27Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
- Jan 27Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Feb 9Referred To EducationSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate