Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2737
School attendance location of students; allow students to transfer to other school districts subject to availability and approval.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT, SUBJECT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S SCHOOL BOARD, MAY CONSENT TO THE ENROLLMENT OF A CHILD FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL OR ATTENDANCE CENTER UPON THE REQUEST OF THE CHILD'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CHILD ATTENDING A SCHOOL IN THIS STATE MAY TRANSFER TO ANY SCHOOL OFFERING INSTRUCTION AT THE GRADE LEVEL OF THE TRANSFERRING STUDENT IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE CAPACITY; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN MAY PETITION A SCHOOL FOR THE TRANSFER OF THEIR CHILD; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PETITIONED DISTRICT SHALL DETERMINE IF THERE IS CAPACITY AT THE DESIRED SCHOOL BY USING PUBLICLY VERIFIABLE DATA; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-93, 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
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 SenateJan 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.