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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1504

Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations of students failing initial screener.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-173-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE DYSLEXIA EVALUATIONS AND PARENTS EXERCISING THE OPTION TO HAVE SUBSEQUENT COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH AN EVALUATION WHICH RESULTS IN A DIAGNOSIS OF DYSLEXIA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800.00; TO FINE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH FAIL TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF A SUBSEQUENT COMPREHENSIVE PYSCHO-EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION THAT DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS OF DYSLEXIA; 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

1 co-sponsor

Lester Carpenter

Its course

February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 3

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