l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 325

End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require minimum score on the ACT for graduation.

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 REQUIRE THE DISCONTINUATION OF END-OF-COURSE SUBJECT AREA TESTING IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS; TO REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE THE ACT TEST AND TO ACHIEVE A MINIMUM SCORE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A CONDITION FOR GRADUATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-7, 37-3-49, 37-15-38, 37-16-17 AND 37-35-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

3 co-sponsors

Tom Miles, Sam Creekmore IV, Billy Adam Calvert

Its course

January 28 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 RepresentativesJan 28 to Mar 3 · stopped35 days

EducationJan 28 to Mar 3 · stopped35 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 28 – Mar 3

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