Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2735
Standardized tests administered by school districts; impose statutory limit on number of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-3 AND 37-16-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ADMINISTER ANY STANDARDIZED TESTS OR ASSESSMENTS EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW OR THE "LITERACY-BASED PROMOTION ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SAVINGS RESULTED FROM TERMINATION OF CURRENT STUDENT TESTS SHALL BE APPLIED TO FUNDING TEACHER SALARY INCREASES; TO REQUIRE THE DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY IN CIVICS AS A CONDITION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION BY REQUIRING STUDENTS TO TAKE THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP TEST AS A PART OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORY CURRICULUM; TO REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES HISTORY CURRICULUM AND TEST TO INCLUDE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE BEGINNING WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA, IN 1607; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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 Senate
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 SenateJan 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.