l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 454

MHSAA and local school boards; authorize to stipulate that participation in extracurricular activities is a privilege, not a right.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY AND PURPOSE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE EACH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT A POLICY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT; TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN ALLOWING STUDENT PARTICIPATION BASED ON CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION; TO REMOVE ANY RESTRICTION ON A STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES DUE THE STUDENT'S INABILITY TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTIVITY; 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 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days

EducationJan 19 to Feb 315 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 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives