Mississippi House Bill 426 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize School Districts To Use Corporal Punishment As A Disciplinary Alternative; To Include Swatting With A Wooden Paddle As An Acceptable Form Of Corporal Punishment; To Require Parents Who Are Requested To Appear At The School To Discipline Their Child With Corporal Punishment To Do So In The Presence Of Certain School Administrators; To Bring Forward Section 11-46-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 37-11-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School District's Discipline Plans To Include In-school Suspension As A Disciplinary Alternative To Traditional Suspension Or Alternative School In Its Code Of Student Conduct; And For Related Purposes.

Public schools; authorize use of wooden paddle as an acceptable form of corporal punishment.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-13		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0426.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0426IN.htm