l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1053

End-of-course tests; eliminate passing score as graduation requirement and from calculation of accountability ratings for 4 years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE ON END-OF-COURSE TESTS ADMINISTERED UNDER THE SUBJECT AREA TESTING PROGRAM AS A CONDITION FOR GRADUATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM USING THE END-OF-COURSE TESTS TO DETERMINE IF STUDENTS HAVE MASTERED MINIMUM ACADEMIC SKILLS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-38, 37-16-17 AND 37-35-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF END-OF-COURSE TEST SCORES FROM THE CALCULATION OF SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS DURING THE 2019-2020 THROUGH 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEARS; 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

4 co-sponsors

William Tracy Arnold, Steve Hopkins, Ray Rogers, Donnie Scoggin

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published