l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 755

Suspensions and expulsions; require clear and convincing evidence as standard of proof for those more than 10 days.

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 AMEND SECTION 37-9-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALIGN THE DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR DISCIPLINARY MATTERS TO STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS BY RAISING THE STANDARD OF PROOF FOR STUDENT SUSPENSIONS FOR MORE THAN TEN DAYS AND EXPULSIONS TO CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE; 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 17 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 17 to Feb 5 · stopped19 days

EducationJan 17 to Feb 5 · 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 17 – Feb 5

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