Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1179
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility for employment and establishment of duties from MDE to the local school districts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-13-81, 37-13-83, 37-13-85, 37-13-87 AND 37-13-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE NAME OF THE OFFICE OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ENFORCEMENT AND DROPOUT PREVENTION WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE BY THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION; TO TRANSFER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EMPLOYING AND ESTABLISHING THE DUTIES OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO ABOLISH THE THREE REGIONAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER POSITIONS AND PROVIDE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN SUCH POSITIONS SHALL BE EMPLOYED BY THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPREME COURT DISTRICTS; TO CLARIFY THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS AND REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON JUNE 30, 2023 SHALL BE TRANSFERRED FROM STATE SERVICE UNDER THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO EMPLOYMENT STATUS AS EMPLOYEES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH WORK LOCATIONS THEREIN; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS SHALL NOT EXPERIENCE ANY INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE WITH THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN AS A RESULT OF THE TRANSFER OF EMPLOYMENT RESPONSIBILITY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF ANY UNUSED ACCUMULATED LEAVE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-7-307 AND 37-9-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.