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 981
School boards; revise composition of in certain county and require to be elected.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-104.3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE STARKVILLE-OKTIBBEHA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT BY INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP TO SEVEN MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE THAT FIVE MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED FROM SINGLE-MEMBER EDUCATION TRUSTEE ELECTION DISTRICTS WHICH SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SUPERVISORS DISTRICT LINES IN THE COUNTY; TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES FOR THE ELECTION DISTRICTS, WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE NOVEMBER 2016 GENERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRUSTEES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD; TO PROVIDE FOR THE AT-LARGE APPOINTMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF STARKVILLE, WHICH SHALL HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT EACH; 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.