Mississippi House Bill 1435 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit The Use Of State Appropriated And Public Funds By Postsecondary Educational Institutions To Provide Remediation; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Rules That Require Upper Middle And High Schools To Evaluate The Academic Aptitude And College Readiness Of Each Student Who Scores Minimal Or Basic On The Grade 8 Assessments Before The Beginning Of Grade 9 And Those Students Who Fail To Receive A Composite Score Of 21 On The Act Administered To Eleventh Graders; To Require Upper Middle And High Schools To Use Test Results To Advise Students Of Any Deficiencies In Academic Disciplines Included On The Grade 8 Summative Assessment And The Grade 11 Act, And To Provide Students Appropriate Evidence-based Remedial Education Courses Of Instruction In Grades 9 And 12 To Be Included As A Requirement For Graduation; To Require The State Board Of Education To Identify The Curriculum In The Program Of Remedial Education Course Instruction, Which Shall Provide For Twelve Courses Of Remediation; To Require The State Board Of Education To Establish The Passing Scores Required To Demonstrate Grade-level Proficiency And Readiness To Perform College-level Work After Administering A Grade 8 Summative Assessment During The 2017-2018 School Term By October 31, 2017; To Prescribe What The State Board Of Education Rules Shall Entail For Districts' Operation Of Remediation Programs; To Amend Section 37-15-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions To Create An Additional Exception To The Dual Enrollment Under The Mississippi Works Dual Enrollment-dual Credit Option Provided To Certain Students; To Bring Forward Sections 37-16-3, 37-20-7 And 37-20-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 37-20-3 And 37-20-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Remedial education; prohibit funding at postsecondary level of education and require to be provided before high school graduation.

Rep. Richard Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1435.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1435IN.htm