Mississippi Senate Bill 2347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Passed on April 18 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-18 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The "literacy-based Promotion Act" To Improve Kindergarten And First Through Third Grade Public School Students' Reading Skills So That Every Student Completing Third Grade Reads At Or Above Grade Level; To Require School Districts To Provide Intensive Reading Instruction And Intervention To Students Exhibiting A Substantial Deficiency In Reading In Kindergarten And Grades 1 Through 3; To Prohibit The Promotion Of Students Whose Reading Deficiency Is Not Remedied Before The End Of Third Grade; To Require Notice To Be Given To Parents Of Kindergarten And First Through Third Grade Students Exhibiting A Reading Deficiency; To Require The State Department Of Education To Establish The Mississippi Reading Panel To Collaborate With The Department On Adoption Of Appropriate Alternative Standardized Assessments And Appropriate Screening Assessments; To Prohibit The Promotion Of Public School Students Based Solely On A Student's Age Or Other Social Promotion Factors; To Establish Good Cause Exemptions For Promotion For Third Grade Students Failing To Meet Academic Requirements For Promotion; To Specify Certain Actions School Districts Must Take In Implementing The Literacy-based Promotion Act In Kindergarten And Grades 1 Through 3; To Require School Boards To Submit Annual Reports To Parents On Their Respective Student's Progress In Reading; To Require School Boards To Publish Data Reflecting Student Progression And Performance In A Local Newspaper; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Policies Necessary For The Implementation Of The Program; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 74, 2013 Regular Session, To Provide That Children Age 5 On Or Before September 1 Of The Calendar Year Who Have Enrolled In Public Kindergarten Are Subject To The Provisions Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; And For Related Purposes.

Literacy-Based Promotion Act; establish in public schools to achieve grade-level reading by end of 3rd Grade.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]	Sen. Phillip Gandy [R]	Sen. Briggs Hopson [R]	Sen. Tony Smith [R]
Sen. Chris McDaniel [R]	Sen. Sean Tindell [R]	Sen. John Polk [R]	Sen. David Parker [R]
Sen. Nancy Adams Collins [R]	Sen. Gray Tollison [D]	Sen. Michael Watson [R]

2013-04-03 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 49 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-02 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 99 N: 16 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-07 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 113 N: 5 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-07 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-18		Approved by Governor
2013-04-08	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-08	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-03	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2013-04-02	House	Conference Report Adopted
2013-04-01	House	Conference Report Filed
2013-04-01	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2013-03-27	House	Conferees Named Moore,Martinson,Currie
2013-03-25	Senate	Conferees Named Tollison,Burton,Hill
2013-03-20	Senate	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2013-03-11	House	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-07	House	Passed As Amended
2013-03-07	House	Amended
2013-03-05	House	Read the Third Time
2013-02-27	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-02-20	House	Referred To Education
2013-02-08	Senate	Transmitted To House
2013-02-07	Senate	Passed
2013-02-07	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-01-31	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2347.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2347IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2347CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2347PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2347SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0310046.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0590006.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0850010.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0860020.pdf