Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2687
School boards; delete staggered terms of members, require four-year terms, require election to be held during statewide election.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AT THE ELECTION IN 2027, AND EVERY FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER, THERE SHALL BE ELECTED THE MEMBERS OF ANY SCHOOL BOARD ESTABLISHED IN TITLE 37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, THAT ELECTS ITS MEMBERS AS OF JULY 1, 2024; TO REQUIRE SUCH ELECTIONS BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS GENERAL ELECTIONS ARE HELD; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH MEMBERS SHALL SERVE A TERM OF FOUR YEARS; TO ESTABLISH THAT THE ACT SHALL APPLY TO ANY SCHOOL BOARD THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS ESTABLISHED WITH MEMBERS WHO SERVED STAGGERED TERMS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-193, 37-5-7, 37-5-18, 37-7-204, 37-7-207, 37-7-209, 37-7-215, 37-7-221, 37-7-223, 37-7-707 AND 37-7-713, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE 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
February 19 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 SenateFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
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.