l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 481

MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.

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 37-151-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP (ADM)" FOR PURPOSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE BASIC ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM COST FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON STUDENT AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR STUDENT COUNTS BY THE STATE AUDITOR; TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "MINIMUM SCHOOL TERM" AND "AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE" AS SUCH TERMS ARE USED FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATIONS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-151-85, 37-151-97 AND 37-151-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT THAT A COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD WHO IS ABSENT MORE THAN 37% OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY MUST BE CONSIDERED ABSENT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY; 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

5 co-sponsors

Earle S. Banks, Bo Brown, Ronnie C. Crudup, Jarvis Dortch, Stephanie Foster

Its course

February 3 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 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 days

EducationFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 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 3 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 3Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 3Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives