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 925
Dyslexia; revise laws providing for required screening and the instruction of students diagnosed with.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DYSLEXIA THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA PROGRAM; CREATE NEW SECTION 37-173-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIRED INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES TO BE USED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDING DIRECT INTERVENTION AND NONPUBLIC SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOLS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS DIAGNOSED WITH DYSLEXIA; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-173-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO EMPLOY AT LEAST ONE DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST WITH A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SCREENING, IDENTIFYING AND TREATING DYSLEXIA AND RELATED DISORDERS BY 2018; TO STIPULATE THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A DYSLEXIA THERAPIST AND PRESCRIBE THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-173-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT EACH TEACHER RECEIVES PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS TRAINING ON ASPECTS OF DETECTING DYSLEXIA WITHIN A STUDENT AND STRATEGIES TO TEACHING STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-173-1, 37-173-9, 37-173-15, 37-173-17 AND 37-173-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-173-3, 37-173-5, 37-173-7, 37-173-11, 37-173-13, 37-173-21, 37-173-23, 37-173-25, 37-173-27, 37-173-29 AND 37-173-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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.