Mississippi House Bill 36 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "mississippi Charter Public School Act"; To Create A New Process For Establishing Charter Public Schools; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Authorize A Charter Public School To Be Formed By Creating A New School Or By Conversion Of A Public School To Charter Status; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For Applications For Charter Public Schools; To Require An Authorizer To Which An Application For A Charter Public School Has Been Submitted To Respond To The Application Within 45 Days; To Require An Authorizer And A Charter Public School To Enter Into A Contract After An Application For Charter Status Is Approved And To Require Certain Provisions To Be Included In The Contract; To Require Contracts To Be For A Term Of Five School Years; To Provide For The Initial Board Of Directors Of A Charter Public School; To Require Charter Public Schools To Be Open To Admission To Certain Students; To Prescribe Certain Requirements That A Charter Public School Must Satisfy In Order To Maintain Its Charter; To Require Each Charter Public School To Register As A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation; To Prohibit Charter Public Schools From Levying Taxes Or Issuing Bonds Secured By Tax Revenues; To Prescribe Reasons That A Charter May Be Revoked By The Authorizer; To Provide That Charter Public Schools Are Exempt From All Education Statutes, Unless Stated Otherwise, And Rules And Regulations Of The State Board Of Education And Local School Districts; To Provide For The Employment Of Teachers By Charter Public Schools; To Prohibit Unlawful Reprisals Against School District Employees Who Are Involved In An Application For Charter Public School Status; To Provide For State And Local Funding Of Charter Public Schools; To Require Charter Schools To Have A Transportation Plan; To Authorize School Districts To Lease Space To Charter Public Schools; To Establish The Charter Public Schools Stimulus Revolving Loan Fund In The State Treasury To Provide Support To Charter Public Schools For Start-up Costs; To Provide The Maximum Number Of Applications For Charter Public Schools That May Be Approved; To Authorize Local School Boards To Refuse To Admit Students Who Have Been Suspended Or Expelled From A Charter Public School; To Require The State Department Of Education To Disseminate Information On How To Create And How To Enroll Students In Charter Public Schools; To Require The State Department Of Education To Submit An Evaluation Of Charter Public Schools To The Legislature; To Authorize The Continued Operation Of Charter Schools Established Under The Original Charter School Statutes; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Charter Public School Act; create.

Rep. Cecil Brown [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-05		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0036.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0036IN.htm