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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 549

Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation.

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 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE A STANDARD LICENSE FOR TEACHING ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD FOREIGN-CERTIFIED TEACHING CREDENTIALS UPON PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTATION AND APPROPRIATE EVALUATION OF ALL CREDENTIALS AND COLLEGIATE LEVEL COURSEWORK FOR WHICH CREDIT WAS EARNED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DEPARTMENT-APPROVED INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIAL EVALUATION ORGANIZATION; TO PROVIDE THAT PRIORITY SHALL BE GRANTED TO THOSE QUALIFYING INSTRUCTORS WHO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE OTHER THAN ENGLISH; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

February 5 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 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

EducationFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 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 5 – Mar 3

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