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 2694
Students of active duty service members and civilian personnel; revise residency requirements to allow transfers to another.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT 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 WHETHER OR NOT THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN RESIDE ON A MILITARY BASE; TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WHO RESIDE ON A MILITARY BASE 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; TO LIMIT STUDENTS TO ONE TRANSFER PER ACADEMIC YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT ONCE A CHILD HAS TRANSFERRED AND ENROLLED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, HIS OR HER PARENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO REAPPLY FOR CONTINUED ADMISSION IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SCHOOL OF LAST ATTENDANCE; 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.
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.