l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 98

Statewide testing program; require tests to be translated and printed in primary spoken language of ELL students.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-16-3 AND 37-16-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ARE PROVISIONS OF THE STATEWIDE TESTING PROGRAM, TO REQUIRE THE UNIFORM BASIC SKILLS TESTS TO BE ADMINISTERED IN THE PRIMARY SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TRANSLATE AND PRINT THE ASSESSMENTS IN THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE FOR THE APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVELS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEED WITH TESTING OBSERVERS OR PROCTORS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REQUEST THE NEED FOR TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION OF APPLICABLE ASSESSMENTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT THE NUMBER OF, GRADES OF AND PRIMARY SPOKEN LANGUAGES OF ALL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ENROLLED IN ITS SCHOOLS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-16-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 7 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days

EducationJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 7 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 7Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations A
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 7Referred To Education;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives