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 2676
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define "child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM UNEXCUSED ABSENCES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FOR ABSENCES RELATED TO THE DISABILITY AS DEFINED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (IDEA) AND OTHER FEDERAL LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL REQUIRE ANNUAL TRAINING FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE COMPONENTS THAT EMPHASIZE PROVISIONS OF IDEA AND SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT; TO ENABLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AND INTERACT WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AS DEFINED HEREIN; 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.