Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2156
High performance school districts; authorize local school boards to operate under same rules as charter schools.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH AN ACCREDITATION RATING OF "A," "B" OR "C" TO EXEMPT ITSELF FROM ANY COMPULSORY STANDARD OF ACCREDITATION BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED BY STATUTE WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO OPERATE UNDER THE SAME GUIDELINES AS CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 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 SenateJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
EducationJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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.