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 349
Exceptional students; those finishing with a special diploma, certificate of completion or occupational diploma shall not be deemed dropouts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT WHO RECEIVES A SPECIAL DIPLOMA, CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR OCCUPATIONAL DIPLOMA SHALL BE CONSIDERED BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AS COMPLETERS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE DISTRICT'S GRADUATION RATE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH STUDENTS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED DROPOUTS BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS, THROUGH RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO DEFINE SUCH STUDENTS AS COMPLETERS FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-7 AND 37-13-80, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 5 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 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
EducationJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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.