Mississippi Senate Bill 2418 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That In The Tate County And Senatobia Municipal School Districts There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Into One School District To Be Designated As The "senatobia-tate" School District Effective July 1, 2018; To Provide For The Composition Of The Board Of Education Of The New Senatobia-tate School District; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Administratively Consolidate Any School District Which Does Not Voluntarily Follow The Consolidation Order; To Abolish The Former School Districts Following The Administrative Consolidation And Provide For The Transfer Of School District Assets And Liabilities; To Provide For Execution Of Teacher And School District Employee Contracts And The Preparation Of A School District Budget In The New School District; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Regulations To Implement Such Administrative Consolidation; To Provide A Two-year Waiver From Accountability And State Assessment Requirements For The New Student Population; To Amend Sections 37-7-103 And 37-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

School district consolidation; require in Tate County and Senatobia, Mississippi.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2418.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2418IN.htm