Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 1339
"The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise provisions relating to Education Scholarship Accounts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-181-1, 37-181-3, 37-181-5, 37-181-7, 37-181-9, 37-181-11,37-181-13, 37-181-15, 37-181-17 AND 37-181-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACT" PROVIDING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT (ESA) FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS; TO REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO CLARIFY PARENTAL OBLIGATIONS TO QUALIFY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FOR THE PROGRAM; TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORIZED USE OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS; TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN NORM-REFERENCED TESTS FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS; TO REVISE THE LIMITATIONS ON ELIGIBLE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM; TO CLARIFY ESA FUNDING AMOUNTS FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS; TO CLARIFY PROCEDURES FOR STUDENT APPLICATION FOR THE PROGRAM; TO REVISE LIMITS ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; TO CLARIFY REPORT REQUIREMENTS BY PARTICIPATING SERVICE PROVIDERS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-181-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO CODIFY NEW CODE SECTION 37-181-20, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO SUBJECT THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL CHOICE WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-151-5, 37-151-7 AND 37-151-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT (ESA) PROGRAMS AS "ADD-ON PROGRAMS" FUNDED UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO CODIFY SECTION 37-151-86, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A DISTRIBUTION FROM THE MAEP FUND TO THE SPECIAL ESA FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 15 to January 30, 2018, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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.