Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 204
School term; revise to prohibit beginning before last Monday in August.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS FROM ESTABLISHING AS THE OPENING DATE OF THE SCHOOL TERM ANY DATE THAT IS BEFORE THE LAST MONDAY IN AUGUST; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' SCHOLASTIC YEAR FROM 180 TO 170 DAYS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-13-91, 37-151-5 AND 37-151-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-24, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM TERM ALLOWED IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS' CONTRACTS WITH LICENSED PERSONNEL FROM 187 TO 177 DAYS, AND TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SHORTEN THE TERMS OF CONTRACTS PREVIOUSLY EXECUTED FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR, WITHOUT ANY REDUCTION TO THE ANNUAL SALARY SET FORTH IN EACH CONTRACT, ACCORDINGLY; TO AMEND SECTION 37-19-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE TEACHER SALARY SCALE IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL TEACHERS WHOSE CONTRACTS ARE FOR A TERM OF NO LESS THAN THE STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED NUMBER OF DAYS; 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
January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 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.