Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1177
Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-173-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE DYSLEXIA EVALUATIONS AND PARENTS EXERCISING THE OPTION TO HAVE SUBSEQUENT COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST OF SUCH AN EVALUATION WHICH RESULTS IN A DIAGNOSIS OF DYSLEXIA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800.00; TO FINE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH FAIL TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF A SUBSEQUENT COMPREHENSIVE PYSCHO-EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION THAT DETERMINE A DIAGNOSIS OF DYSLEXIA; 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
February 14 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped20 days
EducationFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped20 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 Feb 14 – Mar 5
- Feb 14Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations A
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 14Referred To Education;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives