Mississippi Senate Bill 2191 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 31 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-31 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Approve The Creation Of Districts Of Innovation; To Define Certain Terms Related To "districts Of Innovation"; To Provide That The Number Of Districts Of Innovation Approved Shall Not Exceed Five Districts Per Year; To Limit The Initial Approval And Subsequent Renewals Of Districts Of Innovation To Five-year Periods; To Direct The Board To Promulgate Administrative Rules And Regulations To Prescribe The Conditions And Procedures To Be Used By Local School Boards To Be Approved As A District Of Innovation; To Specify The Criteria To Be Addressed By The Administrative Regulations; To Prescribe The Requirements For A District To Be A District Of Innovation Applicant; To Prescribe The Statutory Requirements With Which Schools Of Innovation Within Districts Of Innovation Must Comply; To Identify Areas In Which Districts Of Innovation May Request Approval Of Practices That Are Different Than Current Statutory Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]	Sen. Kelvin Butler [D]	Sen. Nancy Adams Collins [R]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]
Sen. David Parker [R]	Sen. Bill Stone [D]	Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]	Sen. Charles Younger [R]

2015-03-18 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-03-04 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 118 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-10 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-31		Approved by Governor
2015-03-24	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2015-03-24	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2015-03-18	Senate	Concurred in Amend From House
2015-03-05	House	Returned For Concurrence
2015-03-04	House	Passed As Amended
2015-03-04	House	Amended
2015-02-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2015-02-24	House	Referred To Education
2015-02-12	Senate	Transmitted To House
2015-02-10	Senate	Passed As Amended
2015-02-10	Senate	Amended
2015-01-29	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2015-01-16	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2191.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2191IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2191PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2191SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/senate/0360017.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/house/0580028.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/votes/senate/0720010.pdf