Mississippi Senate Bill 2675 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Covid Impact Literacy-based Promotion Modification Act; To Provide That For The 2020-2021 School Year, Students In Third Grade Who Receive What Is Considered A Failing Score On The Reading Screener Shall Still Be Considered Ready For Promotion To The Next Grade, However Students Who Fail The Assessment Shall Be Given The Remedial Instruction Provided For In The Literacy-based Promotion Act; To Amend Sections 37-177-1, 37-177-9, 37-177-11, And 37-177-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For The 2020-2021 School Year, Students In Third Grade Who Receive What Is Considered A Failing Score On The Reading Screener Shall Still Be Considered Ready For Promotion To The Next Grade; To Provide That Students Who Fail The Assessment Shall Still Be Given The Instruction Provided For Under This Chapter; And For Related Purposes.

Third-grade reading assessment for 2020-2021 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.

Sen. Nicole Boyd [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	177	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	177	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	177	13	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	177	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2675.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2675IN.htm