l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 526

"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise definition of "eligible student" and "eligible school" to include students with a dyslexia diagnosis.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-181-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE DEFINITIONS SECTION OF THE "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACT," TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS FOR "ELIGIBLE STUDENT" AND "ELIGIBLE SCHOOL" TO REFLECT THE INCLUSION OF STUDENTS DIAGNOSED WITH DYSLEXIA WHO DO NOT RECEIVE THE ASSISTANCE OF A MISSISSIPPI DYSLEXIA THERAPY SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA PROGRAM; 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

1 co-sponsor

De'Keither A. Stamps

Its course

January 7 to March 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 action7 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 933 days

EducationJan 7 to Jan 3124 days

In the SenateFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

EducationFeb 15 to Mar 1 · stopped14 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 7 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 7Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 8Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 9Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 10Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 15Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 7Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 8Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 9PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 15Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  7. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate