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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2706

Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives'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 CREATE THE COVID IMPACT LITERACY-BASED PROMOTION MODIFICATION ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS IN THIRD GRADE WHO RECEIVE WHAT IS CONSIDERED FAILING OR THE LOWEST ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL SCORE ON THE READING SCREENER SHALL STILL BE CONSIDERED NOT READY FOR PROMOTION TO THE NEXT GRADE, PROVIDED THAT STUDENTS WHO FAIL TO SCORE THE LOWEST ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL ON THE ASSESSMENT SHALL BE GIVEN THE REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION PROVIDED FOR IN THE LITERACY-BASED PROMOTION ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT STUDENTS WHO SCORE ABOVE THE LOWEST ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL BUT DO NOT SCORE ABOVE THE SECOND LOWEST ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL SHALL BE CONSIDERED READY FOR PROMOTION WITH MANDATORY REMEDIATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-177-1, 37-177-9, 37-177-11 AND 37-177-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

16 co-sponsors

Bart Williams, Rod Hickman, David Parker, Michael McLendon, Kevin Blackwell, Daniel H. Sparks, Sollie B. Norwood, Kelvin Butler, Albert Butler, Hillman Terome Frazier, Joseph Thomas, Derrick T. Simmons, Sarita Simmons, Robert L. Jackson, Juan Barnett, David Jordan

Its course

January 17 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 6 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1024 days

EducationJan 17 to Jan 3114 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

EducationFeb 24 to Mar 1 · stopped5 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 14Sent to the House
  2. Feb 24Referred to the House committee on Education
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 10PassedSenate
  5. Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 24Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives