Mississippi Senate Bill 2498 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That In The Perry County And Richton School Districts There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Into One School District To Be Designated As The Perry County School District Effective July 1, 2017; To Provide For The Composition Of The Board Of Education Of The New Perry County 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 Perry County.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2498.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2498IN.htm