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2019 Regular Session

House Bill 688

Districts of Innovations; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment or other nationally recognized assessment for purposes of school accountability designations.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6, 37-179-1 AND 37-179-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLS WITHIN DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION THAT ADMINISTER THE CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT OR OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE STUDENT PROFICIENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSIGNING SCHOOL AND DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PROCEDURE FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT OR OTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASSESSMENTS USED BY SCHOOL WITHIN DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION IN LIEU OF THE MAAP ASSESSMENTS AND SUBJECT AREA TESTING PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIGN ACCOUNTABILITY DESIGNATIONS TO SCHOOLS WITHIN DISTRICTS OF INNOVATION BASED UPON STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON THE SELECTED NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ASSESSMENT ADMINISTERED BY THE SCHOOL, IN COMPARISON TO THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE CUT SCORES USED FOR EACH ACCOUNTABILITY DESIGNATION ON THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; 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

8 co-sponsors

Lester Carpenter, Dana Criswell, Jody Steverson, Jay Hughes, Brent Powell, Deborah Butler Dixon, Kevin Ford, Oscar Denton

Its course

January 17 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1226 days

EducationJan 17 to Jan 3114 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped21 days

EducationFeb 25 to Mar 5 · stopped8 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

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 17 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 25Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 12Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 25Referred To EducationSenate
  8. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate