Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 542
Online Career-track Program; authorize school districts to create and accept out-of-district students for enrollment in.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER AN ONLINE CAREER TRACK PROGRAM AND TO ACCEPT STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TRANSFER, FOR EACH STUDENT RESIDING IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLED IN AN ONLINE PROGRAM IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE STUDENT'S HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND LOCAL OPERATIONAL TAX LEVY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATING THE ONLINE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO WITHHOLD SUCH AMOUNT FROM THE TRANSFERRING SCHOOL DISTRICT'S JANUARY PAYMENT OF ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-15-29 AND 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW A STUDENT ACCEPTED INTO AN ONLINE PROGRAM OPERATED BY A DISTRICT OTHER THAN THAT IN WHICH THE STUDENT RESIDES TO TRANSFER FROM THE STUDENT'S HOME DISTRICT TO THE DISTRICT PROVIDING THE ONLINE PROGRAM; 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
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.