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 262
Out-of-state transfer students; authorize participation in athletic and extracurricular activities of new school enrollment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE TO ATTEND A PUBLIC SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE, AS INDICATED BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE STUDENT'S TRANSFER AND SUBSEQUENT ENROLLMENT IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY SPONSORED OR SANCTIONED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, PROVIDED THAT THE STUDENT SATISFIES THE GRADE POINT AVERAGE REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER THE STUDENT'S CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE DURING THE LAST SEMESTER OF ATTENDANCE AT THE PRECEDING SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE IN DETERMINING THE TRANSFER STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A PARTICIPATION IN ANY EXTRACURRICULAR OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES AT THE BEGINNING OF A SCHOOL YEAR; 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.