Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 42
School attendance; require for children unable to score a 21 or higher on the ACT until the child reaches 18 years of age.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE CHILDREN WHO ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD TO TAKE THE ACT ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE CHILD CANNOT ATTAIN A CERTAIN ACT SCORE THEY SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW UNTIL THEY REACH 18 YEARS OF AGE; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND SCHOOL UNTIL REACHING 18 YEARS OF AGE AND MISS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, 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 4 to February 1, 2022, 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 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 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.