Mississippi House Bill 427 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Failed on February 11 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-11 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "trauma-informed Schools Act"; To Prevent And Reduce Trauma-related After Effects Through The Development And Implementation Of Approaches To Student Learning That Recognize The Signs And Symptoms Of Trauma And Integrates Research-based Knowledge Into Education-based Policies, Learning, Procedures And Practices In Public And Private Schools; To Provide Definitions; To Prescribe The Minimum Standards Of Training; To Require Each Local School Board Or Appropriate Governing Board Of Each Public School, Charter School And Nonpublic School Accredited By The State Department Of Education To Submit A State Plan And To Provide Reporting Requirements In Accordance With The Rules And Regulations Promulgated By The State Board Of Education; To Create The Mississippi School Safety And Security Committee To Develop Recommendations For Schools Relating To Mental Health Services And Trauma-informed Schools; And For Related Purposes.

"Trauma-Informed Discipline Practices Act; enact to establish procedures to assess and mediate effects of traumatic events in schools.

Rep. Billy Calvert [R]	Rep. Jon Lancaster [R]	Rep. Troy Smith [R]	Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]
Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]	Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]	Rep. Jeramey Anderson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-11	House	Died On Calendar
2021-01-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0427.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0427IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0427CS.htm