Mississippi House Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The "english Language Arts And Mathematics-based Promotion Act" To Improve Kindergarten And First Through Fourth Grade Public School Students' Language And Mathematics Skills So That Every Student Completing Fourth Grade Reads At Or Above Grade Level; To Require School Districts To Provide Intensive English Language Arts And Mathematics Instruction And Intervention To Students Exhibiting A Substantial Deficiency In English Language Arts And Mathematics In Kindergarten And Grades 1 Through 4; To Prohibit The Promotion Of Students Whose English Language Arts, Mathematics Or Both, English Language Arts And Mathematics Deficiencies Are Not Remedied Before The End Of Fourth Grade; To Require Notice To Be Given To Parents Of Kindergarten And First Through Fourth Grade Students Exhibiting A English Language Arts And Mathematics Deficiency; To Require The State Department Of Education To Establish The Mississippi English Language Arts And Mathematics Panel To Collaborate With The Department On Adoption Of Appropriate Alternative Standardized Assessments And Appropriate Screening Assessments; To Prohibit The Promotion Of Public School Students Based Solely On A Student's Age Or Other Social Promotion Factors; To Establish Good Cause Exemptions For Promotion For Fourth Grade Students Failing To Meet Academic Requirements For Promotion; To Specify Certain Actions School Districts Must Take In Implementing The English Language Arts And Mathematics-based Promotion Act In Kindergarten And Grades 1 Through 4; To Require School Boards To Submit Annual Reports To Parents On Their Respective Student's Progress In English Language Arts And Mathematics; To Require School Boards To Publish Data Reflecting Student Progression And Performance In A Local Newspaper; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Policies Necessary For The Implementation Of The Program; And For Related Purposes.

English Language Arts and Mathematics-Based Promotion Act; establish to achieve grade-level ELAM proficiency by end of Grade 4.

Rep. Herb Frierson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0005.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0005IN.htm