Mississippi House Bill 996 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prohibit The State Board Of Education From Making Application To The United States Department Of Education Seeking A Waiver Of Request For Funding That Would Require A Revision Of The State Subject Matter Curriculum Aligned With The K-12 Common Core State Standards Developed By The Common Core State Standards Initiative; To Authorize The Board To Request Authority From The United States Department Of Education To Revise Curriculum Requirements That Condition Receipt Of Funding Or Waivers Upon The Board's Action To Revise The Curriculum To Align With The K-12 Common Core State Standards; And For Related Purposes.

State Board of Education; prohibit from taking certain actions related to subject matter curriculum.

Rep. Ashley Henley [R]	Rep. Dana Criswell [R]	Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]	Rep. Jeff Hale [R]
Rep. Steve Hopkins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0996.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0996IN.htm