Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 1396
Youth returning to school from certain out-of-home placement; prohibit automatic placement in alternative school.
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 AN 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
Sponsor
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.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.