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 945
School district superintendents; limit to one per county.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS IN EACH COUNTY TO ONE, WHO SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION"; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-9-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING JULY 1, 2017, IN COUNTIES HAVING MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A COUNTY OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVING THE HIGHEST STUDENT ENROLLMENT SHALL BE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-7-102, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "SCHOOL BOARD" AND "SUPERINTENDENT" AS USED IN THE CHAPTER OF THE CODE GOVERNING SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-5-61, 37-5-71, 37-6-3 AND 37-9-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-5-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ABOLISHES THE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-9-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRED A REFERENDUM TO BE HELD IN A CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1988 ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO ABOLISH OR CONTINUE THE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; 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.