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 752
Dyslexia and speech therapy screenings; require school districts to provide for and accept independent evaluations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTIONS 37-173-16 AND 37-175-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DYSLEXIA SCREENINGS, SPEECH, LANGUAGE, VOICE AND FLUENCY SCREENINGS AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATIONS FOR STUDENTS AT ANY TIME THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCREENINGS AND EVALUATIONS MAY BE CONDUCTED AT ANY TIME DEEMED NECESSARY BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF A TEACHER OR UPON THE REQUEST OF A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN UPON OBSERVING A SUBSTANTIAL DEFICIENCY IN A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DUE TO THE STUDENT'S EXPERIENCING DYSLEXIA-LIKE OR SPEECH-LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT-LIKE SYMPTOMS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF A STUDENT WHO FAILS THE DYSLEXIA SCREENER OR THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE, VOICE AND FLUENCY SCREENER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBSEQUENT SCREENING AND COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION SHALL BE PAID BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE STUDENT'S ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE; TO IMPOSE A $2,500.00 FINE UPON SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR EACH INSTANCE OF DENYING TO ACCEPT A SECOND EVALUATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-173-15 AND 37-175-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 11 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 11 to Jan 30 · stopped19 days
EducationJan 11 to Jan 30 · stopped19 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.