Mississippi Senate Bill 2256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Relating To The Administrative Authority Of The State Department Of Education; To Amend Section 37-3-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Time Period For Local School Districts To Publish Annual Reports; To Amend Section 37-9-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Financial Advisors Appointed By The State Superintendent Of Education Shall Be Deemed To Be Independent Contractors; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Certain Travel Restrictions On Local School Boards And Superintendents Of Failing School Districts And To Clarify Standards For Publication Of Notice Of Failing School Districts; To Amend Section 37-17-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Local School Board Member Or Superintendent Serving At The Time A School District Is Abolished Is Not Eligible To Serve In Any Leadership Capacity In The New School District; To Amend Section 37-61-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Board Of Education To Adopt Regulations Prescribing The Method By Which School Districts Ending Fund Balances Are Examined For Fiscal Stability And To Provide Sanctions For Noncompliance And To Delete The Automatic Repealer On This Section; To Amend Section 37-61-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Limitation On Budgeted School District Expenditures For Administration; To Amend Section 37-177-1 , 37-177-5 And 37-177-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That One Reading Achievement Screening Assessment Shall Be Available To All Schools For Use In Grades K-3 To Be Approved By The State Board Of Education After Receiving Recommendation By The Mississippi Reading Panel; To Repeal Section 37-17-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Exempts School District Participation In Extracurricular Or Athletic Activity From Withdrawal Of Accreditation In Certain Cases, Is Hereby Repealed; And For Related Purposes.

State Department of Education; provide technical amendments to administrative authority.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-16	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2256.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2256IN.htm