l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 451

Statewide testing procedure; impose criminal and civil penalty for false certification of secure admin. of to the SDE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWER AND DUTIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH REGARD TO THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN AGAINST A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF STATEWIDE TEST ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT THE ACTUAL AND NECESSARY COSTS RELATED TO INVESTIGATION OF ANY VERIFIED TESTING IRREGULARITY THAT JEOPARDIZE THE SECURITY OR INTEGRITY OF THE TESTS OR TEST RESULTS WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF NOTICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS OF EACH SCHOOL WHERE A STATEWIDE TEST IS ADMINISTERED TO CERTIFY UNDER OATH THAT THE TEST WAS ADMINISTERED IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; 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

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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives