Mississippi House Bill 691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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 37-13-92, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Upon The Completion Of The Required Time Imposed Upon A Child Within A Juvenile Facility, That Child Shall Be Returned To The Traditional School Setting As Opposed To Having An Assessment Conducted To Determine Traditional Or Alternatives School Placement; To Remove The Requirement That The School District Conduct An Individual Assessment Of Any Child To Be Placed In The Alternative School Setting; To Provide That Only The Conduct Of A Child That Occurs During The Course Of An Academic School Year Shall Be Taken Into Consideration When Determining Alternative School Placement Of The Child For Disruptive, Delinquent And Volatile Behavior; To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Local School Boards To Allow Alternative School Students Who Successfully Complete The District's Requirements For Graduation To Participate In The Graduation Exercises At The High School Of His Or Her Last Attendance; And For Related Purposes.

Graduation exercises; allow those in alternative schools and juvenile offenders who meet graduation requirements to participate in at school of last attendance.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

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/HB0691.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0691IN.htm