Mississippi Senate Bill 2229 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize And Direct The State Department Of Education To Implement A Prekindergarten Program In The State Of Mississippi On A Phased-in Basis; To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Transfer The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Department Of Human Services Relative To The "early Learning Collaborative Act" To The State Department Of Education, To Redesignate The Prekindergarten Program As The "early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013," To Commit Funding Of The "early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013" On A Phased-in Basis, And To Provide That Mandatory Prekindergarten Programs Shall First Be Provided In Under-performing School Districts; To Amend Sections 37-21-53 And 37-21-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council And Advisory Committee To Assist The State Department Of Education In Implementing The "early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013"; To Amend Section 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Local School Districts To Implement The "early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013"; And For Related Purposes.

Prekindergarten programs; to be implemented by the State Department of Education on a phased-in basis.

Sen. Briggs Hopson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2229.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2229IN.htm