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 668
Teacher licensure; revise certain provisions relating to teacher education programs and disciplinary matters.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE PROCESSING FOR AGGRIEVED LICENSED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS EMPLOYED BY THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE WHOSE LICENSE HAVE BEEN REVOKED OR SUSPENDED TO MAKE AN APPEAL OF THE DISCIPLINARY DECISION DIRECTLY TO THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMMEDIATE DENIAL OF LICENSURE TO APPLICANTS WHOSE CERTIFICATE OR LICENSES HAS BEEN REVOKED, SUSPENDED OR SURRENDERED BY ANOTHER STATE UNTIL ALL RECORDS IN THAT DISCIPLINARY ACTION HAVE BEEN CLEARED; TO REQUIRE A ONE-YEAR MANDATORY SUSPENSION OF LICENSURE FOR SUPERINTENDENTS, PRINCIPALS AND LICENSED EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARBITRARILY OR WILLFULLY BREACH HIS OR HER CONTRACT OR ABANDON EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT BEING RELEASED; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A LICENSE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI EDUCATOR CODE OF ETHICS - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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
February 6 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 6 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days
EducationFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped26 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.