Mississippi House Bill 709 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Repeal Section 37-177-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision Of The Literacy Based Promotion Act, Which Prohibits A Third-grade Student From Being Promoted To The Fourth Grade If The Student Fails To Achieve A Satisfactory Passing Score On The State Annual Accountability Assessment Or On An Approved Alternative Standardized Assessment For Third Grade; To Amend Sections 37-177-3, 37-177-5, 37-177-11 And 37-177-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Repealed Provisions To No Longer Require A Passing Score On The Third-grade Reading Assessment As A Sole Criteria To Determine Whether A Student Will Be Promoted To Fourth Grade; To Bring Forward Sections 37-177-1, 37-177-7, 37-177-15, 37-177-17, 37-177-19 And 37-177-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Third-Grade Reading Assessment; prohibit use of score to determine promotion of students to fourth grade.

Rep. Carl Mickens [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-10	House	Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0709.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0709IN.htm