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 256
Graduation exercises; allow those in alternative schools and juvenile offenders to participate upon meeting graduation requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-92, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE REQUIRED TIME IMPOSED UPON A CHILD WITHIN A JUVENILE FACILITY, THAT CHILD SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING AS OPPOSED TO HAVING AN ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE TRADITIONAL OR ALTERNATIVES SCHOOL PLACEMENT; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CONDUCT AN INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF ANY CHILD TO BE PLACED IN THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL SETTING; TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY THE CONDUCT OF A CHILD THAT OCCURS DURING THE COURSE OF AN ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD FOR DISRUPTIVE, DELINQUENT AND VOLATILE BEHAVIOR; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ALLOW ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE DISTRICT'S REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRADUATION EXERCISES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OF HIS OR HER LAST ATTENDANCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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.