Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2156
School attendance and absenteeism; restore former requirement for compulsory attendance law & ADA calculations under MAEP.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RESTORE THE FORMER REQUIREMENT THAT A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD WHO IS ABSENT MORE THAN 40% OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY MUST BE CONSIDERED ABSENT THE ENTIRE DAY; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "MINIMUM SCHOOL TERM" AND "AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE" AS SUCH TERMS ARE USED FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM TO CONFORM TO THE STUDENT ABSENTEE PROVISION; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 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 SenateJan 9 to Feb 3 · stopped25 days
EducationJan 9 to Feb 3 · stopped25 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 Senate Jan 9 – Feb 3
- Jan 9Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate