Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 333
Technical and vocational curriculum; require SDE to develop as alternative to college preparatory curriculum.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRACK CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS NOT INTENDING TO PURSUE A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE; TO REQUIRE THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL COURSES TO BE IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS AND TO FOCUS ON TEACHING COURSE OBJECTIVES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED TO FUNDAMENTAL TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY INTO A TECHNICAL VOCATION OR POST-SECONDARY TRAINING PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS WHO LATER WISH TO PURSUE A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE MAY ENROLL IN REMEDIATION COURSES, IF NECESSARY, AT A COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE; TO REQUIRE THE ALTERNATIVE CURRICULUM TO BE AVAILABLE TO NINTH GRADE STUDENTS BEGINNING IN THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-16-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PRESCRIBES A CAREER TRACK PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS THAT IS BEING DISCONTINUED WITH THE CLASS OF 2021, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 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.