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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 836

Youth returning to school from certain out-of-home placement; prohibit automatic placement in alternative school.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Youth and Family Affairs Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-92, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM AUTOMATICALLY PLACING A CHILD INTO AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL WHEN THE CHILD IS RETURNING FROM OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT FROM THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM; TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM PLACING A CHILD INTO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL FOR AN OFFENSE THAT THE CHILD COMMITTED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS BETWEEN SCHOOL TERMS WHILE THE CHILD WAS NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-621, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO LIMIT THE DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TO ASSIGN A CHILD TO AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL, WHEN THE YOUTH COURT HAS ORDERED THE CHILD'S ENROLLMENT, TO THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE CHILD COMMITTED A VIOLENT ACT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY; 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

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

Youth and Family AffairsJan 11 to Jan 30 · stopped19 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 House of Representatives Jan 11 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 11Referred to the House committees on Youth and Family Affairs and on Education
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11Referred To Youth and Family Affairs;EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives