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2022 Regular Session

House Bill 795

Equal Access to Education Act; create to enhance digital learning opportunities for students and public schools.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 10, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-161-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACT AND TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS TO THE MISSISSIPPI VIRTUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM; TO REPLACE CERTAIN FINDINGS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE IN THE ORIGINAL 2006 ENACTMENT OF THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH ADDITIONAL FINDINGS; TO DECLARE THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO ENSURE THAT MISSISSIPPI'S DIGITAL LEARNING STRATEGY SATISFIES CERTAIN VALUES; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A DIGITAL LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM PILOT PROGRAM AND THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL PILOT PROGRAM; TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PILOT PROGRAMS; TO REQUIRE SPONSORS OF A PILOT VIRTUAL PUBLIC SCHOOL TO ADOPT ENROLLMENT POLICIES; 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

Its course

January 17 to February 10, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 10 · stopped24 days

EducationJan 17 to Jan 3114 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 17 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 17Referred 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 10Died on the calendar in the House
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 8Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives