l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 996

State Board of Education; prohibit from taking certain actions related to subject matter curriculum.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM MAKING APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SEEKING A WAIVER OF REQUEST FOR FUNDING THAT WOULD REQUIRE A REVISION OF THE STATE SUBJECT MATTER CURRICULUM ALIGNED WITH THE K-12 COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS INITIATIVE; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD TO REQUEST AUTHORITY FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVISE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS THAT CONDITION RECEIPT OF FUNDING OR WAIVERS UPON THE BOARD'S ACTION TO REVISE THE CURRICULUM TO ALIGN WITH THE K-12 COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS; 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

4 co-sponsors

Dana Criswell, Dan Eubanks, Jeff Hale, Steve Hopkins

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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published