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 218
First Grade; allow any child who turns six during calendar year to start at the beginning of school year.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW ANY STUDENT WHO REACHES THE AGE OF SIX BEFORE DECEMBER 31 OF ANY CALENDAR YEAR TO ENROLL IN FIRST GRADE AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DURING WHICH HE ATTAINS THE AGE OF SIX; 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.