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 68
Remedial education courses of instruction; create program to require students with certain test scores to take.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES THAT REQUIRE UPPER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO EVALUATE THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE AND COLLEGE READINESS OF EACH STUDENT WHO SCORES MINIMAL OR BASIC ON THE GRADE 8 ASSESSMENTS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF GRADE 9; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GRADE 8 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FOUR YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE "ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS-BASED PROMOTION ACT," WHICH ASSESSES ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY OF STUDENTS IN GRADE 4, AS PROVIDED FOR IN HOUSE BILL NO. 68, 2016 REGULAR SESSION; TO REQUIRE UPPER MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO USE TEST RESULTS TO ADVISE STUDENTS OF ANY DEFICIENCIES IN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES INCLUDED ON THE GRADE 8 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT, AND TO PROVIDE STUDENTS APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE-BASED REMEDIAL EDUCATION COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN GRADE 9 TO BE INCLUDED AS A REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO IDENTIFY THE CURRICULUM IN THE PROGRAM OF REMEDIAL EDUCATION COURSE INSTRUCTION, WHICH SHALL PROVIDE FOR TWELVE (12) COURSES OF REMEDIATION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH THE PASSING SCORES REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE GRADE-LEVEL PROFICIENCY AND READINESS TO PERFORM COLLEGE-LEVEL WORK AFTER ADMINISTERING A GRADE 8 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT PILOT DURING THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL BY OCTOBER 31, 2017; TO PRESCRIBE WHAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RULES SHALL ENTAIL FOR DISTRICTS' OPERATION OF REMEDIATION PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY TESTS OUT OF REMEDIATION THE STUDENT SHALL REQUIRE 23 CARNEGIE UNITS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRADUATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL EXCEPTION TO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI WORKS DUAL ENROLLMENT-DUAL CREDIT OPTION PROVIDED TO CERTAIN STUDENTS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-16-3, 37-20-3 AND 37-20-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-20-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE TYPE OF ASSESSMENTS USED IN DETERMINING THE FORMULA FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER THE "MISSISSIPPI REMEDIAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1988" BY REMOVING AND REPLACING THE OBSOLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE FUNCTIONAL LITERACY EXAM WITH THE GRADE 8 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT AND END-OF-COURSE SUBJECT AREA TESTS; 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
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.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.