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 855
Nonlicensed teachers; authorize local school districts to employ certain number to fill core subject area positions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EMPLOY A NONLICENSED PERSON TO TEACH IN A CORE SUBJECT AREA WHENEVER THE DISTRICT IS UNABLE TO SECURE A QUALIFIED, LICENSED TEACHER FOR THE SUBJECT; TO REQUIRE THE NONLICENSED TEACHER TO BECOME LICENSED WITHIN THREE YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT; TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF NONLICENSED TEACHERS THAT MAY BE EMPLOYED IN A SINGLE SCHOOL; TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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.