MS HB1120 | 2013 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Create The Mississippi School For Reading And The Arts; To Define Certain Terms Used In The Act; To Provide That The School Shall Be A Residential Facility For Talented Students In Grades Eight Through Twelve; To Provide That The School Shall Be Governed By The State Board Of Education; To Require The Board To Develop A Plan For The Opening, Operation And Funding Of The School To Be Presented To The 2014 Legislature; To Establish An Advisory Panel To Assist In Developing The Plan For The School; To Authorize The Board To Hire A Director Of The School; To Require The Board To Develop Rules And Regulations For The Administration Of The School And To Prepare The Annual Budget For The School; To Authorize The Board To Accept Contributions For The Support Of The School; To Authorize The Board To Enter Into Agreements With Certain Professional Organizations For Instruction And Educational Services At The School And Other Public Schools; To Establish The "elementary Reading Academy" To Improve Public School Students' Reading Skills So That Every Student Reads At Or Above Grade Level; To Require School Districts To Provide Intensive Reading Instruction To Students Exhibiting A Substantial Deficiency In Reading In Kindergarten And Grades 1 Through 3; To Prohibit The Promotion Of Students Whose Reading Deficiency Is Not Remedied Before The End Of Third Grade; To Require Notice To Be Given To Parents Of Students Exhibiting A Reading Deficiency; To Specify Certain Actions School Districts Must Take In Implementing The Elementary Reading Academy; To Require School Boards To Submit Annual Reports To Parents On Their Respective Student's Progress In School; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Policies Necessary For The Implementation Of The Program; To Amend Section 37-3-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Salaries Of Employees Of The Mississippi School For Reading And The Arts Shall Be Set By The State Board Of Education; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Mississippi School for Reading and the Arts; create.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-02-05 | House | Died In Committee |
2013-01-21 | House | Referred To Education |
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1120.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1120IN.htm |