Mississippi House Bill 238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Superintendent Of Any Public School District Or State Accredited Private School Or His Designee To Report All Instances Of Educator Misconduct And Unlawful Activity To The State Department Of Education; To Provide The Grounds Required For Reporting The Misconduct; To Specify The Time For Submitting Those Reports To The Department; To Amend Section 97-5-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Principal And Superintendent To Report Employees Having A Position Of Authority Or Special Trust Accused Of Having Sexual Involvement With A Minor Child Enrolled In The District To The District Attorney With Jurisdiction, The State Department Of Education And The Commission On Teacher And Administrator Education, Certification And Licensure And Development; To Amend Section 97-29-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Criminal Penalties For Teachers And Students Engaging In Sexual Intercourse With Each Other; And For Related Purposes.

Educator sexual misconduct; revise reporting requirements and criminal penalty for such with a student.

Rep. Cecil Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-04		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0238.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0238IN.htm