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 743
School choice; establish statewide open enrollment for public school students.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-29 AND 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF A STUDENT TO A SCHOOL OF CHOICE UPON THE PETITION OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH STUDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION OF A STUDENT TO A TRANSFEREE SCHOOL IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE STUDENT AND HIS PARENT RESIDE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT'S PARENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-93, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCEPTING A TRANSFER STUDENT MAY NOT CHARGE THE STUDENT ANY TUITION FEES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-13, 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
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.