Mississippi House Bill 1141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Charter School Pilot Program For Boys In Grades 3 Through 12; To Authorize Charter Schools To Be Formed In "d" Or "f" School Districts Selected By The State Board Of Education By Creating A New School Or By Conversion Of A Public School To Charter Status; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For Charter Schools; To Establish Admission Requirements And Powers And Duties Of Charter Schools; To Specify The Terms Required For A School's Charter; To Establish The Process For Applying For Charter School Status; To Require The Automatic Renewal Of Charters; To Provide That Charter Schools Are Exempt From All Education Statutes, Unless Stated Otherwise, And Rules And Regulations Of The State Board Of Education Or The Local School District; To Provide For The Employment Of Teachers And Substitute Teachers By Charter Schools; To Prohibit Unlawful Reprisals Against School District Employees Who Are Involved In An Application For Charter School Status; To Provide For State And Local Funding Of Charter Schools; To Authorize The School District To Lease Space To Charter Schools; To Require Charter Schools To Have A Transportation Plan; To Require The State Board Of Education To Seek Funding From Various Sources To Enhance The Charter School Pilot Program; To Provide For The Election Of The Board Of Directors Of A Charter School; To Prohibit Charter Schools From Levying Taxes Or Issuing Bonds Secured By Tax Revenues; To Require All Applications For Charter Schools To Be Submitted To The State Department Of Education Before December 1 In The School Year Preceding The First School Year The Charter School Intends To Open; To Require The State Department Of Education To Submit An Evaluation Of The Charter Schools To The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.

Charter schools; create pilot program for boys in Grades 3-12.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1141.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1141IN.htm