l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 760

Corporal punishment; require school districts that allow to adopt a policy allowing parents to opt in.

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 AMEND SECTION 37-11-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT PRACTICE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT TO ADOPT A POLICY ALLOWING PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS TO REQUEST THAT THEIR CHILD BE INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT CORPORAL PUNISHMENT PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS TO SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM IN WRITING; TO PROVIDE THAT WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PROGRAM MUST BE IN WRITING ALSO; 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

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