Mississippi House Bill 442 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 13 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-13 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Election Of All School Board Members At The Same Time As The Presidential Election And To Establish A Term Of Four Years For All School Board Members; To Amend Section 37-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of Members Of The County Boards Of Education At The Same Time As The Presidential Election And To Establish A Term Of Four Years For That Office; To Amend Section 37-5-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-7-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of The Trustees Of The Municipal Separate School Districts And Special Municipal Separate School Districts At The Same Time As The Presidential Election And To Establish A Term Of Four Years For That Office; To Amend Section 37-7-207, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of Members Of The Boards Of Trustees Of Consolidated School Districts And Line Consolidated School Districts In The Same Manner And At The Same Time As The Presidential Election And To Establish A Term Of Four Years For Those Offices; To Amend Section 37-7-703, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of The Trustees Of The Countywide Special Municipal Separate School Districts At The Same Time As The Presidential Election And To Establish A Term Of Four Years For That Office; To Amend Section 37-7-713, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Election Of The Trustees Of The Special Municipal School Districts That Embrace Less Than The Entire County At The Same Time As The Presidential Election And To Establish A Term Of Four Years For That Office; To Repeal Sections 37-7-204 And 37-7-209 Through 37-7-229, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Certain Methods For Filling Vacancies And Electing Trustees Of Municipal Separate School Districts, Special Municipal School Districts, Consolidated School Districts And Line Consolidated School Districts; To Repeal Sections 37-7-705 Through 37-7-711, 37-7-715 And 37-7-717, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Additional Methods For Selecting Trustees Of Special Municipal Separate School Districts; To Bring Forward Section 37-7-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Consolidation Of Certain County School Districts Under Conservatorship, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-7-104.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Administrative Consolidation Of Certain School Districts In Bolivar County, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-7-104.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Administrative Consolidation Of All School Districts In Clay County, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-7-104.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Administrative Consolidation Of All School Districts In Oktibbeha County, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

School board members; elect all at time of presidential election for four-year terms.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-13	House	Died On Calendar
2014-02-12	House	Read the Third Time
2014-01-30	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0442.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0442IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0442CS.htm