Mississippi Senate Bill 2690 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create An Opportunity Scholarship For Low-income Students To Attend An Approved Nonpublic School; To Provide An Income Tax Credit For Contributors To The Program; To Amend Sections 37-15-29 And 37-15-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Transfer Of Students To A School Of Choice Upon The Petition Of The Parent Or Guardian Of Such Student; To Provide That Transportation Of Such Student To The Transferee School Shall Be The Responsibility Of The Parent Or Guardian Unless The School District Agrees To Provide Transportation; To Amend Section 37-151-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No School District Accepting Any Transfer Student Shall Charge The Student Any Tuition Fees; To Amend Sections 37-15-13 And 37-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Transfer of students between school districts; automatic transfer of students attending school rated "C," "D" or "F."

Sen. Videt Carmichael [R]

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education;Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2690.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2690IN.htm