Mississippi House Bill 576 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Desoto County Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship For Students With Dyslexia Program; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Provide For Student Eligibility Requirements For Receipt Of A Scholarship And Restricting Eligibility Therefor; To Provide For The Term Of The Scholarship; To Stipulate The Obligations Of Parents Or Legal Guardians, Students And Schools And School Districts; To Prescribe The Duties Of The Department Of Education And The State Board Of Education Regarding The Administration Of The Scholarship Program; To Provide The Department Of Education With The Authority To Verify The Eligibility Of Nonpublic Schools And To Establish The Process For Notifications Of Violations; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Deny, Suspend Or Revoke A School's Participation In The Scholarship Program And The Procedures Taken With Respect Therefor; To Require That All Compulsory-school-age Children Be Screened For Dyslexia During The Period Between The Spring Of Kindergarten And The Fall Of Grade 1 And Other Appropriate Times As Deemed Necessary In The Public Schools Of This State; To Establish The Procedures To Be Followed In Screening And Evaluation Of Students For Dyslexia And Related Disorders And Prescribing Who Shall Administer The Screening And Evaluation; To Require That School Diagnosticians Receive Additional Training In The Evaluation And Diagnosis Of Dyslexia; To Require That Students Receive Comprehensive Academic Evaluations By Trained Diagnosticians In The Diagnosis Of Dyslexia If Screening Indicates Risk Of Dyslexia; To Require The Department Of Education To Submit An Annual Report To The Legislature Summarizing Student Performance, Student Assessments, Funding And Any Recommended Changes; To Prescribe Appropriate Dyslexia Qualifications For Administrative And Instructional Personnel; To Require The State Department Of Education To Serve As The Local Educational Agency For Those Schools; To Require The State To Pay Directly To The School Any Federal Or State Aid Attributable To A Student With A Disability Attending The School; To Require The School To Comply With The Annual Audit And Budget Submission Requirements Prescribed By Law In Title 37, Mississippi Code Of 1972; And For Related Purposes.

Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship Program; establish for students residing in DeSoto County.

Rep. Wanda Jennings [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0576.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0576IN.htm