l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2168

State takeover of school districts; provide timeline and exit criteria for school district conservators.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF ACCREDITATION VIOLATIONS, FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT OR ACADEMIC DEFICIENCIES IN ORDER FOR THE GOVERNOR TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY RESULTING IN A STATE TAKEOVER OF THE DISTRICT, TO DEFINE THE AUTHORITY OF A STATE CONSERVATOR APPOINTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN STATE TAKEOVER STATUS, AND TO PROVIDE A TIME LIMITATION FOR THE AUTHORITY OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSERVATOR AND SPECIFIC EXIT CRITERIA UNLESS THE GOVERNOR CONTINUES THE STATE TAKEOVER; 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

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

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