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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2002

Student transfers; remove requirement for current district of attendance to approve release.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF A CHILD'S RESIDENCE CONSENT TO THE RELEASE OF THE STUDENT FOR TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THAT THE TRANSFEREE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE OR REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF A STUDENT AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD AFTER RECEIPT OF THE PETITION FOR TRANSFER; TO REQUIRE THE TRANSFEREE DISTRICT TO NOTIFY, IN WRITING AND WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, THE DISTRICT FROM WHICH THE STUDENT IS TRANSFERRING OF THE APPROVAL OF A TRANSFER REQUEST; TO PROVIDE THAT, ABSENT GOOD CAUSE, A TRANSFER REQUEST MUST BE APPROVED, AND THE TRANSFEROR DISTRICT NOTIFIED, NOT LATER THAN MARCH 15 OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE THE TRANSFER IS TO OCCUR; TO AUTHORIZE A TRANSFEREE DISTRICT TO CHARGE A FEE IT DETERMINES TO BE REASONABLE FOR RECEIVING A STUDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL PRECLUDE THE MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION OR ANY SUCCESSOR REGULATORY BODY FROM EXERCISING ITS AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE EXTRACURRICULAR ELIGIBILITY OF A TRANSFERRING STUDENT; TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSFER AUTHORITY OF A DISTRICT TO RECEIVE OR DENY THE ACCEPTANCE OF A STUDENT REQUESTING TRANSFER INTO THE DISTRICT SHALL NOT SUPERSEDE ANY PROVISION OF AN ENFORCEABLE DESEGREGATION ORDER OR A COURT-APPROVED DESEGREGATION PLAN; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

2 co-sponsors

Kathy L. Chism, Brice Wiggins

Its course

January 6 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 5 days

In the SenateJan 6 to Jan 71 day

EducationJan 6 to Jan 60 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Mar 3 · stopped55 days

EducationFeb 6 to Mar 3 · stopped25 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 7

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 Senate Jan 6 – Jan 7

  1. Jan 6Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Jan 7Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Jan 8 – Mar 3

  1. Jan 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 6Referred to the House committee on Education
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 6Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Jan 6Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Jan 7Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Jan 7AmendedSenate
  5. Jan 7Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Jan 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 6Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives