l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2195

Teacher licensure; authorize reciprocity license for approved foreign-certified teaching credentials.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE A STANDARD LICENSE FOR TEACHING ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD FOREIGN-CERTIFIED TEACHING CREDENTIALS UPON PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTATION AND APPROPRIATE EVALUATION OF ALL CREDENTIALS AND COLLEGIATE-LEVEL COURSEWORK FOR WHICH CREDIT WAS EARNED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DEPARTMENT-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATION ORGANIZATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO RECOGNIZE SUCH OUT-OF-STATE COURSEWORK FOR LICENSE RENEWAL OR CERTIFICATE UPGRADE PURPOSES; 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

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 SenateJan 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 Senate Jan 13 – Jan 31

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