Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 48
Home rule improvement; enact for local school districts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-301.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENT TO HOME RULE AUTHORITY PROVIDED TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR A PERIOD NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT DURING THE IMPROVEMENT PERIOD EACH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RELINQUISH GOVERNING AUTHORITY TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR A PERIOD DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE TO BE USED AS A BASIS OF THE DETERMINATION FOR THE DURATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF EACH DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ITS DETERMINATION AT WHICH TIME THE IMPROVEMENT PERIOD SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY INVOKED AND THE DISTRICTS' AUTHORITY RELINQUISHED TO THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD SHALL SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT MAY TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL CONTROL OF CERTAIN GOVERNING MATTERS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD ON A PHASED-IN BASIS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF DEPARTMENT CONTROL; TO PROVIDE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH PLENARY AUTHORITY IN THE DECISION-MAKING AND GOVERNANCE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY EXERCISED BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD UNDER HOME RULE AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE IMPROVEMENT PROVISIONS ON JULY 1, 2020; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.