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 2503
The Seizure Safe Schools Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE SEIZURE SAFE SCHOOLS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF EACH LOCAL NONCHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE EMPLOYEE WHO HAS MET THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER OR ASSIST WITH THE SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF A SEIZURE MEDICATION OR A MANUAL DOSE OF PRESCRIBED ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TO SET FORTH CERTAIN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A STUDENT DIAGNOSED WITH A SEIZURE DISORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL, IN WRITING, TO ADMINISTER SEIZURE MEDICATION AT SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE THE STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO PROVIDE THE SCHOOL WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE STUDENT'S HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER AND PROVIDE THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION TO THE SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE EVERY NONCHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL AND CHARTER SCHOOL TO PROVIDE AN AGE-APPROPRIATE EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ALL STUDENTS ON SEIZURES AND SEIZURE DISORDERS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SEIZURE EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY FOR ANY AGENT OF A SCHOOL WHO ACTS IN GOOD FAITH UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-28-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 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 SenateFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
EducationFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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.