Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2289
School district consolidation; require one school per county.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI INTO A SYSTEM WITH ONE COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT PER EACH COUNTY; TO ABOLISH OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND RECONSTITUTE COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS IS NECESSARY TO EFFECT SAID REORGANIZATION; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTRATIVELY CONSOLIDATE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH DOES NOT VOLUNTARILY FOLLOW THE CONSOLIDATION ORDER; TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTIES WITH LESS THAN 10,000 POPULATION WOULD FORM A TWO-COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH AN ADJOINING COUNTY, AND PROVIDE FOR A SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD IN SUCH SITUATIONS; TO REPEAL SECTION 73-7-103 THROUGH 37-7-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE ABOLITION, ALTERATION OR CREATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY LOCAL SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARDS OR PETITION FILED BY THE ELECTORATE, AND SECTION 37-7-501 THROUGH 73-7-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY ON DISSOLUTION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-201 THROUGH 37-7-229, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF MUNICIPAL SEPARATE AND CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-6-5 AND 37-6-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE TITLE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COMPOSITION OF SCHOOL BOARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EMPOWER COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO GOVERN REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-6-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 Senate
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 SenateFeb 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.