Mississippi House Bill 787 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Approve The Creation Of Districts Of Innovation; To Define Certain Terms Related To "districts Of Innovation"; To Provide That The Number Of Districts Of Innovation Approved Shall Not Exceed Five Districts Per Year; To Limit The Initial Approval And Subsequent Renewals Of Districts Of Innovation To Five-year Periods; To Direct The Board To Promulgate Administrative Rules And Regulations To Prescribe The Conditions And Procedures To Be Used By Local School Boards To Be Approved As A District Of Innovation; To Specify The Criteria To Be Addressed By The Administrative Regulations; To Prescribe The Requirements For A District To Be A District Of Innovation Applicant; To Prescribe The Statutory Requirements With Which Schools Of Innovation Within Districts Of Innovation Must Comply; To Identify Areas In Which Districts Of Innovation May Request Approval Of Practices That Are Different Than Current Statutory Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.

Rep. Linda Whittington [D]

Rep. Bryant Clark [D]

Rep. Rufus Straughter [D]

Rep. Sara Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0787.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0787IN.htm