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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 1234

School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD FOR MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE PARENTS WITH CRITICAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR; TO SPECIFY THE TIMELINE BY WHICH THE INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT UPDATES TO THE DASHBOARD ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED; TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT A ONE-YEAR PERIOD TO IDENTIFY ANY RELEVANT DATA NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT SAID DATA IS AND INCLUDE IT IN THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD TO BE COMPILED INTO AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE, USER-FRIENDLY SINGLE-PAGE GRAPHIC AND PUBLISHED ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE GUIDANCE AND THE STANDARDIZED DASHBOARD TEMPLATE TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY AUGUST 1, 2026; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM AND PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM DATA METRICS TO BE INCLUDED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6 AND 37-17-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

Its course

January 19 to March 3, 2026, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 1123 days

EducationJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 3 · stopped20 days

EducationFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 11Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To EducationSenate
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate