Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2506
Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; revise standards and procedures to include disability assessment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE TRUANCY PROCEEDINGS TO PROVIDE A STAY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE DISABILITY UNDER THE FEDERAL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN EDUCATION ACT (IDEA) AND § 504 OF THE FEDERAL REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PROCEDURES ENCOURAGING EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS TO COMPLETE MANDATORY LEGAL TRAINING FOR THE IDEA AND § 504 SPONSORED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION; 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 19 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.