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 2881
School attendance; require for children who cannot score a 21 or higher on ACT.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 TO TAKE THE ACT PRIOR TO DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE CHILD CANNOT ATTAIN A CERTAIN ACT SCORE THEY SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW UNTIL THEY REACH 18; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND SCHOOL UNTIL 18 THAT MISS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, 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
Sponsor
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.