Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2659
Teacher licenses; lower the requirement for nontraditional route teachers.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AWARDED A TEACHER LICENSE IF THEY POSSESS AN 18 ON THE ACT TEST AND HAVE WHAT IS CONSIDERED AS A PASSING SCORE ON THE PRAXIS CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS FOR EDUCATORS EXAMINATION, AS SET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; 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
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 SenateJan 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.