Mississippi House Bill 458 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Pilot Program In The Laurel Municipal Separate School District To Establish Charter Schools; To Authorize Charter Schools To Be Formed In The School District By Creating A New School Or By Conversion Of A Public School To Charter Status By The School District; To Prescribe Certain Requirements For Charter Schools; To Establish Admission Requirements And Powers And Duties Of Charter Schools; To Specify The Terms Required For A School's Charter; To Establish The Process For Applying For Charter School Status; To Require The Automatic Renewal Of Charters; To Provide That Charter Schools Are Exempt From All Education Statutes, Unless Stated Otherwise, And Rules And Regulations Of The State Board Of Education Or The Local School District; To Provide For The Employment Of Teachers By Charter Schools; To Prohibit Unlawful Reprisals Against School District Employees Who Are Involved In An Application For Charter School Status; To Provide For State And Local Funding Of Charter Schools; To Authorize The School District To Lease Space To Charter Schools; To Require Charter Schools To Have A Transportation Plan; To Require The State Board Of Education To Seek Funding From Various Sources To Enhance The Charter School Pilot Program; To Provide For The Election Of The Board Of Directors Of A Charter School; To Prohibit Charter Schools From Levying Taxes Or Issuing Bonds Secured By Tax Revenues; To Require All Applications For Charter Schools To Be Submitted To The State Department Of Education Before December 1 In The School Year Preceding The First School Year The Charter School Intends To Open; To Provide The Number Of Applications For Charter Schools That May Be Approved; To Require The State Department Of Education To Submit An Evaluation Of The Charter Schools To The Legislature; To Require The State To Appropriate Funding For The Purpose Of Creating 36 New Teacher And 36 New Assistant Teacher Positions For Charter Schools Created Under This Act; To Require The Development Of A Mandatory Home Economics Program In The Charter Schools; To Require The State To Appropriate Funding To Enhance Technology In Charter Schools Created Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Charter schools; create pilot program in the Laurel Municipal Separate School District.

Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]

Rep. Mary Coleman [D]

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-11		Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0458.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0458IN.htm