Mississippi House Bill 69 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A One-year Exemption From The Initial Date Of Hire To Persons Issued A Standard-license Nontraditional Teaching Route Through Participation With The Teach For America Program For Requirement To Achieve A Passing Score On The Assessment Of Scientifically Research-based Reading Instruction And Intervention And Data-based Decision-making Principles As Approved By The State Board Of Education Beginning On July 1, 2016; To Provide A Blanket Exemption To Such Requirement To Teach For America Participants Who Have Been Employed In A Public Elementary School For One Or More Years On Or Before July 1,2016; To Provide Teaching Alternatives To Those Participants Who Fail To Achieve A Passing Score On The Required Reading Assessment For Initial Licensure; And For Related Purposes.

Teach For America instructors; allow one-year exemption to pass required reading instruction assessment for initial elementary education licensure.

Rep. John Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0069.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0069IN.htm