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 78
School accreditation; impose administrative sanctions upon districts having had accreditation withdrawn by the SBE.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE NATURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS TO BE IMPOSED UPON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THEIR ACCREDITATION WITHDRAWN FOR FAILURE TO MEET ACCREDITATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS; TO LIMIT THE TRAVEL OF SUPERINTENDENTS IN AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ONLY THAT MANDATED BY LAW OR PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO LIMIT THE TRAVEL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD IN AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ONLY THAT MANDATED BY LAW OR PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND TO REDUCE THOSE MEMBERS' COMPENSATION BY ONE-HALF; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSION ON SCHOOL ACCREDITATION MAY RECOMMEND THAT THE GOVERNOR DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IF FIFTY PERCENT OR MORE OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT ARE DESIGNATED AS FAILING IN ANY ONE YEAR; 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.
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.