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 259
Public special purpose schools; exempt from certain audit requirements.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 7-7-211, 29-9-13 AND 29-9-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO PUBLIC SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOLS FROM CERTAIN AUDIT REQUIREMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR REGARDING THE PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR FAILURE OF STATE AGENCIES TO INVENTORY AND PROTECT THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PROCURED BY SUCH SCHOOLS AND ISSUED TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 1:1 INSTRUCTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-68-1, 37-68-3, 37-68-5, 37-68-7, 37-68-9, 37-68-11, 37-68-13 AND 37-68-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING THE "EQUITY IN DISTANCE LEARNING ACT," FOR PURPOSES 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 17 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 RepresentativesJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 days
EducationJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 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.