Mississippi House Bill 987 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 10 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-10 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That In The Leflore County And Greenwood Municipal Separate School Districts There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Into One School District To Be Designated As The Greenwood-leflore School District Effective July 1, 2019; To Provide For The Composition Of The Board Of Education Of The New Greenwood-leflore School District; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Administratively Consolidate Any School District Which Does Not Voluntarily Follow The Consolidation Order; To Abolish The Former School Districts Following The Administrative Consolidation And Provide For The Transfer Of School District Assets And Liabilities; To Provide For Execution Of Teacher And School District Employee Contracts And The Preparation Of A School District Budget In The New School District; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Regulations To Implement Such Administrative Consolidation; To Provide A Two-year Waiver From Accountability And State Assessment Requirements For The New Student Population; To Amend Sections 37-7-103 And 37-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

School district administrative consolidation; require in Leflore County and Greenwood Public School Districts.

Rep. Toby Barker [R]

2016-04-19 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 38 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-04-19 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 75 N: 43 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-28 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 37 N: 14 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 76 N: 44 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-10		Approved by Governor
2016-04-27	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2016-04-27	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2016-04-20	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2016-04-19	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Perkins, Moore, Roberson)
2016-04-19	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2016-04-19	House	Conference Report Adopted
2016-04-18	House	Conference Report Filed
2016-04-18	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2016-04-15	Senate	Conferees Named Tollison,Wiggins,Massey
2016-04-13	House	Conferees Named Moore,Roberson,Barker
2016-04-05	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2016-03-29	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2016-03-28	Senate	Passed As Amended
2016-03-28	Senate	Amended
2016-03-22	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2016-03-11	Senate	Referred To Education
2016-03-07	House	Transmitted To Senate
2016-03-04	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2016-03-02	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Perkins, Moore, Roberson)
2016-03-02	House	Passed As Amended
2016-03-02	House	Amended
2016-03-02	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2016-02-25	House	Read the Third Time
2016-02-18	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0987.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0987IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0987CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0987PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0987SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/0580021.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/0840039.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/1060012.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/senate/1060041.pdf