Mississippi House Bill 1144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-13 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Relating To Teacher And Administrator Licensure, To Coincide With Collegiate Educator Preparation Programs; To Revise The Qualifications For Entry Into Educator Preparation Programs By Removing The Minimum 21 Act Score Or Sat Equivalent, Praxis Passing Score And 3.0 Gpa Requirement Necessary Prior To Admission Into An Approved Educator Preparation Program For Traditional And Nontraditional Teaching Routes To Receive A Standard License; To Require Participants In The Teach Mississippi Institute To Complete Two Semester, Six-hour Internships, And An Allowance Of A Maximum Of 15 Credit Hours For Receipt Of A Provisional Teaching License; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher and administrator licensure; revise provisions related to educator preparation programs and criteria for entry into such programs.

Rep. Kent McCarty [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-13	House	Died On Calendar
2025-02-12	House	Read the Third Time
2025-01-30	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	3	2	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1144.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1144IN.htm