Mississippi House Bill 585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-151-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Term "average Daily Membership (adm)" For Purposes Of The Mississippi Adequate Education Program; To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Determination Of The Basic Adequate Education Program Cost For Each School District Based On Student Average Daily Membership With Certain Exceptions; To Provide For Student Counts By The State Auditor; To Revise The Definition Of The Terms "minimum School Term" And "average Daily Attendance" As Such Terms Are Used For Determining Allocations To School Districts Under The Adequate Education Program; To Amend Sections 37-151-85, 37-151-97 And 37-151-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Attendance Requirement That A Compulsory-school-age Child Who Is Absent More Than 37% Of The Instructional Day Must Be Considered Absent For The Entire Day; And For Related Purposes.

MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 95% threshold attendance trigger.

Rep. Robert Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-16	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0585.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0585IN.htm