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 971
School districts; appoint all superintendents and elect all boards.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR APPOINTED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS AND ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS IN ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ALL SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2020; TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2020; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-9-25, 37-7-105, 37-7-725, 37-9-23, 37-17-6, 37-43-39 AND 23-15-297, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-9-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF RETAINING THE ELECTIVE METHOD OF CHOOSING THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-5-63, 37-5-65, 37-5-66, 37-5-67, 37-5-68, 37-5-69, 37-5-71 AND 37-5-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION AND FILLING VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2020; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-6-3, 37-9-1 AND 37-9-70, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE TERMINOLOGY AND OUTDATED LANGUAGE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION BEGINNING IN 2019 AND TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF FOUR YEARS FOR THAT OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION AND TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF FOUR YEARS FOR THAT OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-207, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE SAME MANNER AND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION AND TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF FOUR YEARS FOR THOSE OFFICES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION AND TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF FOUR YEARS FOR THAT OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-713, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT EMBRACE LESS THAN THE ENTIRE COUNTY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION AND TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF FOUR YEARS FOR THAT OFFICE; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-204 AND 37-7-209 THROUGH 37-7-229, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN METHODS FOR FILLING VACANCIES AND ELECTING TRUSTEES OF MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ON JULY 1, 2019; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-705 THROUGH 37-7-711, 37-7-715 AND 37-7-717, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL METHODS FOR SELECTING TRUSTEES OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ON JULY 1, 2019; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-104, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-104.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN BOLIVAR COUNTY, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-104.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CLAY COUNTY, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-104.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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.