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 920
Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act; expand eligibility to include students who have had a Section 504 Plan.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-181-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "ELIGIBLE STUDENT" UNDER "THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACT," TO INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO HAVE HAD AN ACTIVE SECTION 504 PLAN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-181-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-181-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE ESA FOR AN ELIGIBLE STUDENT WITH A SECTION 504 PLAN SHALL BE THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF FEDERAL FUNDS ALLOWED UNDER IDEA FOR THE STUDENT'S EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION IN SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY; 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.
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.