Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2590
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 PROVIDE THAT THE "A" THROUGH "F" SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE STUDENT PERFORMANCE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COLLEGE-READINESS ASSESSMENT, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACT, DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; 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 PROVISIONS 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
Its course
January 20 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.