Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 29, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2689
State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DISCONTINUATION OF END-OF-COURSE SUBJECT AREA TESTING IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS FOR 11TH AND 12TH GRADES; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE APPROVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ALLOW NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COLLEGE-READINESS AND CAREER-READINESS EXAMS, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACT AND ACT WORKKEYS ASSESSMENT, TO SERVE AS COMPLIANCE WITH ANY FEDERAL TESTING REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COLLEGE-READINESS AND CAREER-READINESS TESTS, SUCH AS THE ACT AND ACT WORKKEYS ASSESSMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-17-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE STATE'S PERMANENT PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-3, 37-16-7, 37-16-17, 37-3-49, 37-15-38 AND 37-35-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISION OF THIS 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
6 co-sponsors
David Parker, Daniel H. Sparks, Jenifer B. Branning, Nicole Boyd, Albert Butler, Sollie B. Norwood
Its course
February 19 to April 29, 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.
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 12
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 4
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 Senate Feb 19 – Mar 12
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Mar 12Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Amended in the Senate
- Passed the Senate as amended
In the House of Representatives Mar 14 – Apr 4
- Mar 14Sent to the House
- Mar 18Referred to the House committee on Education
- Apr 2Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
- Apr 4Amended in the House
- Passed the House as amended
Back in the Senate Apr 5 – Apr 29
- Apr 5Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
- Apr 9Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
- Apr 12Conferees named in the Senate: DeBar, Hopson and Norwood
- Apr 17Conferees named in the House: Roberson, McCarty and Owen
- Apr 18Conferees named in the Senate: DeBar, Parker and Norwood
- Apr 29Died in conference in the Senate
All 16 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To EducationSenate
- Feb 29Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Mar 12Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
- Mar 12AmendedSenate
- Mar 12Passed As AmendedSenate
- Mar 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
- Mar 18Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
- Apr 2Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Apr 4AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Apr 4Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Apr 5Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
- Apr 9Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
- Apr 12Conferees Named DeBar,Hopson,NorwoodSenate
- Apr 17Conferees Named Roberson,McCarty,OwenHouse of Representatives
- Apr 18Conferees Named DeBar,Parker,NorwoodSenate
- Apr 29Died In ConferenceSenate