Mississippi House Bill 851 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-28-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Deadline By Which The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board Is Required To Publish A Pamphlet Of Statutory And Regulatory Updates To Charter Schools From July 1 To October 1; To Amend Section 37-28-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Date By Which The Authorizer Board Is Required To Publicize Requests For Proposals By A Specified Date, To Simply Require An Annual Publication For Such Requests; To Amend Section 37-28-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Requirement That The Composition Of The School-wide Underserved Student Composition Of A Charter School Reflect The Total Enrollment Of The Composition Of The Local School District, To Now Require The School-wide Underserved Student Composition Of A Charter School To Reflect The Composition By Each Corresponding Grade In The Local School District By At Least 80%; To Amend Section 37-28-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Deadline By Which The Authorizer Board Must Submit Its Annual Legislative Report From October 1 To December 1; To Revise The Timeline That Peer Is Required To Submit An Evaluative Report From Annually To Even-numbered Years; To Amend Section 37-28-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Percentage Of Teachers Who May Be Exempt From State Licensure To 50%; To Remove The Requirement That Teachers Employed By A Charter School Have A Bachelor's Degree; To Remove The Three-year Requirement For Unlicensed Teachers Employed By A Charter School To Become Licensed; To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Its Initial Year Of Operation; A Charter School Shall Receive One Gifted Teacher Unit And One Special Education Teacher Unit; And For Related Purposes.

Charter schools; revise certain provisions of.

Rep. Richard Bennett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	28	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	28	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	28	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	28	37	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	28	47	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	28	55	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0851.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0851IN.htm