Mississippi House Bill 118 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Failed on March 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Approve The Creation Of Districts Of Innovation; To Define Certain Terms Related To "districts Of Innovation"; To Provide That The Number Of Districts Of Innovation Approved Shall Not Exceed Five Districts Per Year; To Limit The Initial Approval And Subsequent Renewals Of Districts Of Innovation To Five-year Periods; To Direct The Board To Promulgate Administrative Rules And Regulations To Prescribe The Conditions And Procedures To Be Used By Local School Boards To Be Approved As A District Of Innovation; To Specify The Criteria To Be Addressed By The Administrative Regulations; To Prescribe The Requirements For A District To Be A District Of Innovation Applicant; To Prescribe The Statutory Requirements With Which Schools Of Innovation Within Districts Of Innovation Must Comply; To Identify Areas In Which Districts Of Innovation May Request Approval Of Practices That Are Different Than Current Statutory Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]	Rep. Gary Staples [R]	Rep. William Arnold [R]	Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]
Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

2013-02-11 - House - House Passed (Y: 99 N: 15 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred To Education
2013-02-13	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-11	House	Passed
2013-02-11	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-02-05	House	Read the Third Time
2013-02-04	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-11	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0118.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0118IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0118CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0118PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0350016.pdf