Mississippi House Bill 879 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education, Acting Through The Commission On School Accreditation, To Develop A Differential Component To The Performance-based Accreditation System Which Provides Alternative Means To Assessing The Performance Of Certain Schools And School Districts; To Require The Board To Submit A Report On The Differential Accountability Model To The Education Committees Of The Legislature Before The 2020 Session; To Require The New Accountability Model To Be Implemented During The 2020-2021 School Year; And For Related Purposes.

School district accountability; require SBE to develop differential component with alternative measures of success.

Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0879.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0879IN.htm