Mississippi House Bill 198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

An Act To Create New Section 37-16-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Contract With A Single Entity For The Development And Administration Of The Act Aspire Assessment Components As The Comprehensive Statewide Assessment Program For Public School Students In Grades 3 Through 10 As Well As Algebra I And English Ii; To Require The State Department Of Education To Provide A Job Skills Assessment System That Allows Students To Earn A Nationally Recognized Career Readiness Certificate Credentialing Workplace Employability Skills; To Require The Act Aspire As The Statewide Assessment Program To Be Fully Implemented In All Public Schools In The 2023-2024 School Year; To Prohibit The State Board Of Education From Contracting With Any Entity For The Development Of A Statewide Assessment Whose Alignment Of Curriculum And Testing Standards Are In Compliance With The Partnership For Assessment Of Readiness For College And Careers (parcc) Without Express Legislative Authority; To Amend Sections 37-16-1, 37-16-3, 37-16-4, 37-16-5, 37-16-7, 37-16-9 And 37-16-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Statewide Testing Program, And Sections 37-3-49, 37-15-38, 37-17-6, 37-18-1, 37-18-3, 37-20-5, 37-20-7 And 37-28-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-16-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Issuance Of A Standard Diploma To Certain Exceptional Children With Intellectual Impairments Who Have Ieps Upon Their Meeting The Educational Requirements Of Their Iep And Those Established By The State Board Of Education; And For Related Purposes.

Statewide Assessment Program; require the SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment.

Rep. Carl Mickens [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-04	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	15	38	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	4	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	17	6	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	18	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	18	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	20	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	20	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	28	45	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	3	49	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0198.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0198IN.htm