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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 867

Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CHILD'S RESIDENCE CONSENT TO THE RELEASE OF THE STUDENT FOR TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO ONLY REQUIRE THAT THE TRANSFEREE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE OR REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF A STUDENT UPON RECEIVING NOTICE AND OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD TO ACT ON SUCH TRANSFER; TO AUTHORIZE THE SIBLINGS OF A LAWFULLY TRANSFERRED STUDENT TO ENROLL IN THE TRANSFEREE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE DISCRETION OF THEIR PARENT(S) OR LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) TO PROVIDE THAT A TRANSFER STUDENT'S ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE DETERMINED BY HIS OR HER FALL SEMESTER ENROLLMENT AND LIMIT PARTICIPATION TO ONE SCHOOL PER SCHOOL YEAR TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS TO A RECEIVING SCHOOL DISTRICT UPON THE COMPLETION AND CERTIFICATION OF A STUDENT TRANSFER REQUEST; TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSFER AUTHORITY OF A DISTRICT TO RECEIVE OR DENY THE ACCEPTANCE OF A STUDENT REQUESTING TRANSFER INTO THE DISTRICT SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE ANY PROVISION OF AN ENFORCEABLE DESEGREGATION ORDER OR A COURT-APPROVED DESEGREGATION PLAN; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CHOICES OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES OR CIVILIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL; TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN OF ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE; TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION ON PROHIBITED DISTANCE OF TRANSPORTING SUCH STUDENTS BY EXCLUDING THE DISTRICT FROM PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO SUCH STUDENTS; 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

Its course

February 2 to April 2, 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 action14 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 1239 days

EducationFeb 2 to Feb 2927 days

In the SenateMar 12 to Apr 2 · stopped21 days

EducationMar 20 to Apr 2 · stopped13 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 2 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 2Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Feb 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 12Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Reconsidered in the House
  6. Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 12 – Apr 2

  1. Mar 12Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Owen, Roberson and McCarty)
  2. Mar 13Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Mar 18Sent to the Senate
  6. Mar 20Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  7. Apr 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 29Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 12Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 12ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 12Motion to Reconsider Entered (Owen, Roberson, McCarty)House of Representatives
  9. Mar 13ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 13AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 13Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 18Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 20Referred To EducationSenate
  14. Apr 2Died In CommitteeSenate