Died in committee in the House, on April 2, 2015.
2015 Regular Session
House Concurrent Resolution 122
Suspend deadlines for introductions; State Bd. of Ed.; require to contract with certain entity for development of comprehensive statewide assessment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REQUESTING THE DRAFTING, AND THE INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE, OF A BILL ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONTRACT WITH A SINGLE ENTITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-10 AS WELL AS ALGEBRA I AND ENGLISH II, WHICH IS ALIGNED TO THE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AND CAREER-READY STANDARDS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE A JOB SKILLS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EARN A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATE CREDENTIALING WORKPLACE EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS; TO REQUIRE THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT EXCLUDES ACT ASPIRE AS A VENDOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT ALIGNED TO THE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STANDARDS; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM ISSUING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO OR CONTRACTING WITH ANY ENTITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT WHOSE ALIGNMENT OF CURRICULUM AND TESTING STANDARDS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS (PARCC) OR ANY SUBSIDIARY ENTITIES AFFILIATED WITH THE PARCC CONSORTIUM WITHOUT EXPRESS LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY; TO IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANY STATEWIDE STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS WHICH ARE NOT ALIGNED TO THE CURRICULUM STANDARDS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ENTITY SELECTED BY THE BOARD TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM EFFECTIVE WITH THE 2015-2016 SCHOLASTIC YEAR AND EACH SCHOLASTIC YEAR THEREAFTER; 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
63 co-sponsors
Blaine Eaton, Gene Alday, William Tracy Arnold, Nick Bain, David Baria, Manly Barton, Charles Jim Beckett, Donnie Bell, C. Scott Bounds, Randy P. Boyd, Chris Brown, Cecil Brown, Lester Carpenter, Gary Chism, Carolyn Crawford, Becky Currie, Dennis DeBar, Jr., Scott DeLano, Bill Denny, Mark Formby, Andy Gipson, Philip Gunn, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Greg Haney, D. Stephen Holland, Joey Hood, Kevin Horan, Bobby B. Howell, Mac Huddleston, Lataisha Jackson, Wanda Jennings, Bill Kinkade, Timmy Ladner, John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III, Sherra Hillman Lane, Rita Martinson, Steve Massengill, Brad Mayo, Doug McLeod, Nolan Mettetal, Tom Miles, Sam C. Mims, V, John L. Moore, Ken Morgan, Pat Nelson, Brad A. Oberhousen, Bill Pigott, Brent Powell, John Read, Ray Rogers, Margaret Rogers, Randy Rushing, William Shirley, Greg Snowden, Gary V. Staples, Jody Steverson, Tommy Taylor, Jerry R. Turner, Tom Weathersby, Jason White, Linda Whittington, Patricia H. Willis, Charles Young, Jr.
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.