Mississippi House Bill 1251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Trauma-informed Approaches In Educator Preparation Programs; To Define Trauma-informed Approaches; To Amend Section 37-9-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Public School Districts And Public Charter Schools Shall Have At Least One School Counselor Or Mental Health Services Provider Per 250 Students; To Require School Counselors To Create A Trauma-informed Team For Each School; To Require School Districts And Public Charter Schools To Report The Number And Placement Of School Counselors In The District To The Department Of Education; To Create New Section 37-9-80, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Department Of Education, In Collaboration With The Department Of Mental Health, To Create A Toolkit To Assist Schools In Implementing Trauma-informed Approaches; And For Related Purposes.

"Student-Centered Education Act"; enact to establish procedures to assess and mediate effects of traumatic events in schools.

Rep. Billy Calvert [R]

Rep. Sam Creekmore [R]

Rep. Kent McCarty [R]

Rep. Troy Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	3	89	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	9	79	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1251.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1251IN.htm