Mississippi House Bill 1339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Discontinuation Of End-of-course Subject Area Testing In Public High Schools; To Require All High School Students To Take The Act Test; To Amend Section 37-16-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Only Require The Standardized Testing Of Public School Students In Grades 3 Through 8 In The Content Areas Required Under The Provisions Of The Every Student Succeeds Act (essa) And Certain Other Grade-specific Assessments; To Amend Sections 37-16-7, 37-3-49, 37-15-38, 37-16-17 And 37-35-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Standardized testing; limit to Grades 3 through 8 as required under ESSA and ACT for high school students.

Rep. Jeffery Harness [D]

Rep. Otis Anthony [D]

Rep. Oscar Denton [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB1339.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1339IN.htm