Mississippi House Bill 272 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

An Act To Authorize The School Board Of A Local School District To Adopt The Curriculum To Be Taught In The Schools In That District; To Require A School District's Curriculum To Be Approved Annually By The State Department Of Education In Order To Ensure Compliance With State Requirements And Assessment Standards; To Amend Section 37-13-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Curriculum Committee Appointed By The State Board Of Education To Recommend Changes That Should Be Made To The State Curriculum Guidelines; To Amend Sections 37-1-3, 37-3-49 And 37-9-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Public school curriculum; authorize school boards to adopt for schools within local school district.

Rep. Ashley Henley [R]

Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-03	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0272.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0272IN.htm