Mississippi House Bill 1142 (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 Require The Establishment Of A Specialized Charter School For The Education Of Exceptional Children In Each Local School District, Particularly Those With An Intellectual Disability; To Require A Vocational Rehabilitation Component In The Curriculum To Enhance The Achievement Of Employment Outcome; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Prescribe The Contents That Must Be Included In Local School Boards' Petitions Requesting Charter School Status; To Require The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Submission Of Petitions And The Operation Of Specialized Charter Schools; To Prescribe Certain Provisions That Must Be Included In The Terms Of Each Charter; To Provide That Initial Charters Must Be For A Term Of Four Years And To Authorize Renewal Of The Charters; To Authorize Specialized Charter Schools To Accept Funds From Public And Private Sources; To Provide That Specialized Charter School Employees Are Employees Of The Local School District; To Require The State Board Of Education To Annually Report To The Legislature On The Specialized Charter School Program; To Bring Forward Sections 37-33-11, 37-33-13, 37-33-15, 37-33-17, 37-33-19, 37-33-21, 37-33-23, 37-33-25, 37-33-27, 37-33-29, 37-33-31, 37-33-33, 37-33-35, 37-33-203, 37-33-205, 37-33-207, 37-33-209, 37-33-211, 37-33-213, 37-33-215, 37-33-217, 37-33-219, 37-33-221 And 37-33-223, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Specialized charter school; create for exceptional children with intellectual disabilities.

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/HB1142.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1142IN.htm