l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 216

Prekindergarten; require State Department of Education to create "ABC Program" to provide.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO BE KNOWN AS "A BETTER CHANCE" OR THE "ABC PROGRAM" FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PREKINDERGARTEN INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE STATE VIA THE INTERNET; TO REQUIRE THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE CERTAIN COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE DAILY DELIVERY OF REAL-TIME INSTRUCTION BY A LICENSED PREKINDERGARTEN TEACHER; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS REGULARLY PARTICIPATING IN THE ABC PROGRAM AND TO REPORT TO THE HOUSE AND SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEES ON THE PROGRAM BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2019; 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

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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 3 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committees on Education and on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Education;Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives