Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 280
Eleventh grade students; require to take GED or High School Equivalency Test for senior early release privilege eligibility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ASSESS THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE OF ALL ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS USING THE GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TEST PROGRAM; TO PROHIBIT STUDENTS DETERMINED BY THE ASSESSMENT TO BE PERFORMING BELOW GRADE LEVEL FROM EXERCISING ANY SENIOR PRIVILEGE OF EARLY RELEASE FROM SCHOOL; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 10 to February 4, 2025, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days
EducationJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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.