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 911
School boards; elect members at presidential elections for 4-year term.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 37-6-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE ELECTION OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER 2020; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE FOUR YEARS; TO PROVIDE FOR NOMINATING PETITIONS TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD AND TO REQUIRE A UNIFORM NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON PETITIONS OF NOMINATION; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILLING VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-5-1, 37-5-3, 37-5-7, 37-5-9, 37-5-19, 37-7-203, 37-7-207, 37-7-221 AND 37-7-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-5-18, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE ELECTION OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION MEMBERS FROM TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE FOUR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN A CERTAIN COUNTY; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-104, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-104.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN BOLIVAR COUNTY, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-7-104.2, 37-7-104.3 AND 37-7-104.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-7-104.5, 37-7-104.6 AND 37-7-104.7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-204, 37-7-209, 37-7-211, 37-7-215, 37-7-217, 37-7-219, 37-7-223, 37-7-225, 37-7-227 AND 37-7-229, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN METHODS FOR ELECTING TRUSTEES OF MUNICIPAL AND SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CONSOLIDATED AND LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-705, 37-7-707, 37-7-709, 37-7-711, 37-7-713, 37-7-715 AND 37-7-717, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL METHODS FOR SELECTING TRUSTEES OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS; 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 14 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 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
EducationFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.