l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 866

Statewide testing program; prohibit testing students in excess of three days during school year.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO STUDENT SHALL BE TESTED UNDER THE STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD OF EXCEEDING THREE DAYS WITHIN THE SCHEDULED THREE-WEEK TESTING WINDOW ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS IN ANY GIVEN SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS WHEN STUDENTS MAY BE TESTED IN EXCESS OF THE THREE DAYS DUE TO REQUIRED GRADE SPECIFIC ASSESSMENTS OR REQUIRED ASSESSMENT RE-ADMINISTRATIONS DUE TO TESTING IRREGULARITIES AND VIOLATIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-16-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ADMINISTER ASSESSMENTS IN EXCESS OF TWENTY DAYS DURING ANY SCHOLASTIC 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

3 co-sponsors

Donnie Scoggin, Kathy Sykes, Joey Hood

Its course

January 13 to February 28, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 624 days

EducationJan 13 to Jan 2613 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Feb 28 · stopped22 days

EducationFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 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 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 6Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 8 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 8Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 6Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 6PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 8Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 20Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate