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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2371

Public school student dyslexia program; clarify school district responsibilities.

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 SECTIONS 37-173-15, 37-173-19 AND 37-173-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF A STUDENT ENROLLED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL FAILS THE SCREENING FOR DYSLEXIA THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE DYSLEXIA EVALUATION AT NO COST TO THE STUDENT AND TO PLACE A DIAGNOSED STUDENT IN A DYSLEXIA THERAPY PROGRAM WITH A CERTIFIED DYSLEXIA THERAPIST OR OTHER SUCH QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL; TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DYSLEXIA SCREENER AND DYSLEXIA THERAPY SERVICES; 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 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 SenateJan 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3

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