l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 633

Community service; require completion of a minimum of 25 hours as a condition of high school graduation.

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 REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT, BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2015, A POLICY SUPPORTIVE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT STIPULATES THE COMPLETION OF A MINIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR VOLUNTEER HOURS AS A REQUIRED CONDITION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH COMMUNITY SERVICE SHALL BE VERIFIED WITH DOCUMENTATION WHICH EVIDENCES A STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE ORIENTED ACTIVITIES WHICH MEET THE GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, 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

1 co-sponsor

Pat Nelson

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. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published