Mississippi House Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [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 A Comprehensive Statewide Assessment Program For Public School Students In Grades 3-10 As Well As Algebra I And English Ii, Which Is Aligned To The Mississippi College And Career-ready Standards; 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 Statewide Assessment Program To Be Fully Implemented In All Public Schools In The 2015-2016 School Year; 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 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 An Careers (parcc) Without Express Legislative Authority; To Amend Section 37-16-11, To Provide For The Issuance Of A Standard Diploma To Certain Exceptional Children With Intellectual Impairments Who Have Ieps Upon Meeting The Educational Requirements Of Their Iep And Those Established By The State Board Of Education; To Authorize The State Board Of Education And The Mississippi Community College Board To Jointly Establish The Pul Alliance Career Track Pilot Program To Provide An Alternative Career Track Curriculum And Course Of Study To Prepare Students For Job Placement Upon Graduating And Meeting The Necessary Requirements And Passing The Workkeys Testing Assessment For Issuance Of A Diploma; To Allow Other School Districts Outside Of The Pul Alliance To Petition The State Board Of Education For Inclusion Into The Pilot Program; To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements Of The Pilot Program; To Provide That The Workkeys Testing Assessment Shall Be The Exit Exam For Students Participating In The Pilot Program, Who Shall Be Exempt From The Requirement Of The Statement Subject Area Testing Program; And For Related Purposes.

Statewide testing program; require contract with single entity for comprehensive assessment system linked to college and career readiness.

Rep. Philip Gunn [R]	Rep. Mark Baker [R]	Sen. Dennis DeBar [R]	Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]
Rep. Brent Powell [R]	Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]

2015-01-29 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 116 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-02-17	Senate	Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2015-02-02	House	Transmitted To Senate
2015-01-29	House	Passed As Amended
2015-01-29	House	Amended
2015-01-29	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2015-01-21	House	Read the Third Time
2015-01-21	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2015-01-12	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0385.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0385IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0385CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0385PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0240003.pdf