l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 282

Statewide testing program; require the SBE to cease administration of for the 2020-2021 school year.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL ASSESSMENTS ADMINISTERED UNDER THE STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM, WHICH ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WITHIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR AS THE RESULT OF THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF AN EXTREME STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO A NATIONAL HEALTH CRISIS RESULTING FROM THE RAPID SPREAD OF COVID-19; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO HOLD HARMLESS SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM ASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT AND SCHOOL LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY RATINGS FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-16-1, 37-16-4, 37-16-5, 37-16-7 AND 37-16-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-3, 37-16-17, 37-17-6, 37-3-49, 37-15-38 AND 37-35-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Sam Creekmore IV

Its course

January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2

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