Mississippi House Bill 973 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act Of 2011; To Require The State Department Of Education To Work With School Districts That Have The Lowest High School Graduation Rates; To Require The Department To Develop Methods Of Targeted Intervention For Low Performing School Districts; To Provide That Children Of A Certain Age May Not Withdraw From School Unless Certain Conditions Are Met; To Bring Forward Section 37-13-80, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Office Of Dropout Prevention Within The State Department Of Education, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2011; create.

Rep. Clara Burnett [D]	Rep. Henry Espy [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Esther Harrison [D]
Rep. Robert Huddleston [D]	Rep. America Middleton [D]	Rep. Omeria Scott [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0973.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0973IN.htm