Mississippi House Bill 544 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Failed on February 28 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-28 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Issue A Nontraditional Teaching Route Standard License To Individuals Holding Advanced Degrees And Achieving The Nationally Recommended Passing Score On The Praxis I And Praxis Ii Assessments Providing That Such Individuals Completed The Course Of Study For The Advanced Degree Program With The Grade Of A "c" Or Higher At The Time Application For Licensure Is Submitted; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees.

Rep. Charles Busby [R]

Rep. Orlando Paden [D]

Rep. John Hines [D]

Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]

2017-02-09 - House - House Passed (Y: 115 N: 4 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-02-20	Senate	Referred To Education
2017-02-13	House	Transmitted To Senate
2017-02-09	House	Passed
2017-02-09	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2017-02-08	House	Read the Third Time
2017-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2017-01-13	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0544.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0544IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0544CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0544PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0380014.pdf