Mississippi Senate Bill 2577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 13 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-13 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish An "achievement School District" As An Organizational Unit Of The State Department Of Education To Operate And Manage Certain Schools Or School Districts Which Have Been Rated As Failing For Three Consecutive Years, To Provide That The Achievement School District Shall Be Under The Supervision Of A Deputy State Superintendent Of Education And The State Board Of Education, To Provide For The Selection Of The Deputy Superintendent, To Empower The Deputy Superintendent And The State Board Of Education To Manage Or Contract For The Management Of Such Schools Or School Districts For A Term Not Exceeding Five Years; And For Related Purposes.

Failing schools and school districts; establish an "Achievement School District" within the State Department of Education.

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-13	Senate	Died On Calendar
2014-02-04	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2577.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2577IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2577CS.htm