Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 872
School accreditation; authorize SBE to approve certified teacher unit credits, to certain districts under certain circumstances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION ON SCHOOL ACCREDITATION, ACTING THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROVAL OF CERTIFIED TEACHER UNITS, FOR PURPOSES OF ACCREDITATION AND FUNDING, TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH A REDUCED NUMBER OF CERTIFIED TEACHING PROFESSIONALS IN A SCHOOL, PROVIDED THAT A CERTIFIED TEACHING PROFESSIONAL IS PLACED IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A NONCERTIFIED TEACHER BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BY THE DISTRICT; 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 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.
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 9
- Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 8Read the third time in the House
- Feb 9Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 10 – Feb 28
- Feb 10Sent to the Senate
- Feb 20Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate