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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2580

Student transfer from school or school district which has lost accreditation; provide for mandatory transfer.

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 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A SCHOOL-AGE CHILD WHO IS ENROLLED IN A SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHOSE ACCREDITATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN MAY FILE A PETITION TO AN ACCREDITED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN'S CHOICE WHO SHALL GRANT THE TRANSFER ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-29, AND 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF STUDENTS IN CONFORMITY THERETO UPON THE PETITION OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH STUDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH STUDENT TO THE TRANSFEREE SCHOOL SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN UNLESS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREES TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-93, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCEPTING ANY TRANSFER STUDENT SHALL CHARGE THE STUDENT ANY TUITION FEES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-13 AND 37-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 16 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate