Mississippi House Bill 855 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 37-7-104.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Chickasaw County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The Okolona Separate School District And The Chickasaw County School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Chickasaw County School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Jasper County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The East Jasper School District And The West Jasper School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Jasper County School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Monroe County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The Amory School District And The Aberdeen School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Amory-aberdeen Consolidated School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Montgomery County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The Winona Separate School District And The Montgomery County School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Winona-montgomery School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Tallahatchie County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The East Tallahatchie Consolidated School District And The West Tallahatchie School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Tallahatchie County School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Washington County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The Hollandale School District, Leland School District And Western Line School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Washington County School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Yalobusha County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The Coffeeville School District And The Water Valley School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Yalobusha County School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Panola County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The North Panola School District And The South Panola School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Panola County School District; To Create New Section 37-7-104.12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Coahoma County There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Of The Clarksdale Municipal School District And The Coahoma County School District Into One School District To Be Designated As Clarksdale-coahoma School District; To Authorize And Direct The State Board Of Education To Develop And Promulgate Consolidation Orders For The School Districts In Said Counties Under Certain Standards; To Provide For New Boards Of Trustees To Be Elected In Such Consolidated School Districts In A November 2016 Special Election; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Administratively Consolidate Any School District Which Does Not Voluntarily Follow The Consolidation Orders; To Abolish The Former School Boards Following The Administrative Consolidations And Provide For The Transfer Of School District Assets And Liabilities; To Provide For Execution Of Teacher And School District Employee Contracts In The New School Districts And To Provide For The Preparation Of School District Budgets In The New School Districts; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Regulations To Implement Such Administrative Consolidations; To Amend Section 37-7-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

School district administrative consolidation; require in certain counties.

Rep. Brad Mayo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0855.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0855IN.htm