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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 504

Public school curriculum; require State Board of Education to review and revise.

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 BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW EACH AREA OF SUBJECT MATTER CURRICULUM NO LESS THAN EVERY SIX YEARS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION CYCLE; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD TO REVISE THE CURRICULUM AS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FORM A SINGLE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM BY COMBINING THE STATE SYSTEM WITH THE FEDERAL SYSTEM; TO DELETE REFERENCES TO THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-177-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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 13 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 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days

EducationJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 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 13 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published