Mississippi Senate Bill 2036 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 9 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-09 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Codify Section 37-6-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enact The "nonpartisan School Board Election Act"; To Provide That Beginning With The November 2019 General Election, The Members Of The County Boards Of Education, Trustees Of Municipal Separate School Districts, The Trustees Of Consolidated School Districts And The Trustees From The Special Municipal Separate School Districts Shall Be Elected In A Nonpartisan Election Concurrent With The State General Election; To Provide That The Terms Of Office Of All School Board Members Shall Be Four Years; To Provide For Nominating Petitions To Run For The Office Of Elected School Board Members And A Uniform Number Of Signatures On Said Petitions Of Nomination; To Provide The Procedure For Filling Vacancies In The Office Of Elected School Board Members; To Amend Sections 37-5-1, 37-5-3, 37-5-7, 37-5-9, 37-5-18, 37-5-19, 37-7-203, 37-7-207, 37-7-221, 37-7-223, 37-7-225, 37-7-227, 37-7-229 And 37-7-703, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Repeal Sections 37-7-204, 37-7-209, 37-7-211, 37-7-215, 37-7-217 And 37-7-219, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Certain Methods For Electing Trustees Of Municipal Separate School Districts From Added Territory; To Repeal Sections 37-7-705, 37-7-707, 37-7-709, 37-7-711, 37-7-713, 37-7-715 And 37-7-717, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Certain Methods For Selecting Trustees Of Special Municipal Separate School Districts; And For Related Purposes.

School board members; all elected beginning with the November 2019 general election.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-09	Senate	Died On Calendar
2017-02-09	Senate	Laid on Table
2017-02-09	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2017-01-31	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2017-01-05	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2036.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2036IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2036CS.htm