Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2413
Mississippi teacher shortage areas of the state; establish a Teacher Shortage Commission to contract for internet STEM services.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A MISSISSIPPI TEACHER SHORTAGE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A STUDY ON THE DISTRICT BY DISTRICT NEEDS FOR TEACHERS IN MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE TEACHER SHORTAGE COMMISSION TO CONTRACT WITH THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSORTIUM FOR EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO PROVIDE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) EDUCATION COURSES THROUGH ITS INTERNET-DRIVEN MODEL IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THESE COURSES IN RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE WHERE THERE ARE SERIOUS TEACHER SHORTAGES; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, TO MATCH FEDERAL AND PRIVATE FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE CONSORTIUM FOR THIS PURPOSE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CONTRACT WITH ENTITIES WITH PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT TO PROVIDE INTERNET ACCESS FOR STEM COURSEWORK; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 13 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 SenateFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 days
EducationFeb 13 to Mar 3 · stopped19 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 Senate Feb 13 – Mar 3
- Feb 13Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 13Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate