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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1556

Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "COMPREHENSIVE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION REFORM (CCATER) ACT"; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-38, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT DUAL CREDIT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HOLD AN ASSOCIATE OR BACHELOR'S DEGREE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO ALL INCOMING MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS OF THE CAREER TRACK PROGRAMS OFFERED BY LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS; TO REQUIRE ALL STUDENTS IN THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRACK TO TAKE THE ACT WORKKEYS ASSESSMENT; TO REVISE THE CURRICULUM IN THE CAREER TRACK PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL BUSINESS OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HOLD AN ASSOCIATE OR BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED A ONE-YEAR EXPERT CITIZEN-TEACHER LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACCREDITATION SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACT WORKKEYS ASSESSMENT, WHICH SHALL BE WEIGHTED IN THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS THE STANDARD ACT ASSESSMENT; 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

7 co-sponsors

Donnie Bell, Jill Ford, Jeff Hale, Chris Brown, Tom Miles, Orlando Paden, Otis Anthony

Its course

February 17 to June 9, 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 17 to Feb 258 days

Workforce DevelopmentFeb 17 to Feb 258 days

In the SenateFeb 25 to Jun 9 · stopped105 days

EducationMay 12 to Jun 9 · stopped28 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 – Feb 25

  1. Feb 17Referred to the House committee on Workforce Development
  2. Feb 25Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 27 – Jun 9

  1. Feb 27Sent to the Senate
  2. May 12Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Economic and Workforce Development
  3. Jun 9Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Workforce DevelopmentHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 25Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 25Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 25PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 27Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. May 12Referred To Education;Economic and Workforce DevelopmentSenate
  7. Jun 9Died In CommitteeSenate