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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2688

School superintendents; authorize school districts to elect and reinstate previous sections related thereto.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-9-13 AND 37-9-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS TO BE ELECTED BY CITIZENS OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS; TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS; WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 2019; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION, SECTION 37-5-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTMENTS; WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 2019; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION, SECTION 37-5-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION AS ELECTIVE OFFICE; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION; SECTION 37-5-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO APPOINT SUPERINTENDENTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 2019; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION, SECTION 37-5-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR THE SELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF SUPERINTENDENT AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO ELECTIONS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES; WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 2019; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION, SECTION 37-5-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR FILLING OF VACANCIES OF SUCH OFFICE; WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 2019; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION, SECTION 37-5-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO REINSTATE THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROVIDED FOR REFERENDUM ON CONTINUATION OR ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; WHICH WAS REPEALED IN 2019; TO CODIFY THIS LAW AT ITS FORMER LOCATION, SECTION 37-9-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.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

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.

In the Senate Feb 19 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published