MS SB2693 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Failed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Failed on April 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-25 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedure By Which The State Board Of Education May Place A Failing School Or School District Into A District Of Transformation; To Establish Relevant Criteria For Schools Or School Districts To Be Placed Into Such Districts; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Mississippi Recovery School Districts, School Boards Of Failing Schools And Elections Of Members Of Failing School Boards; To Provide That Districts That Are Placed Into District Transformation Shall Be Eligible To Return To Local Control When The District Has Attained A "c" Rating Or Higher For Three Consecutive Years; To Create New Section 37-17-6.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Provisions Related To The Mississippi Achievement School District Which Includes The Yazoo City Municipal School District And The Humphreys County School District; To Provide Certain Timelines On The Transition Of Such Districts Into Districts Of Transformation; To Provide That The Board Of Education Shall Have The Authority To Determine When Such District Is Ready To Be Reconstituted, Reorganized And Returned To Local Control; To Delete Certain Outdated Language; To Amend Section 37-17-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Date Of Repeal On The Section; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Failing Schools; To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; To Repeal Section 37-17-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Mississippi Achievement School District, On July 1, 2025; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Failing schools and districts of transformation; revise certain provisions related thereto.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-10 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 105 N: 15 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-13 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-13 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-25 | Senate | Died On Calendar |
| 2024-04-10 | House | Returned For Concurrence |
| 2024-04-10 | House | Immediate Release |
| 2024-04-10 | House | Passed As Amended |
| 2024-04-10 | House | Amended |
| 2024-04-02 | House | Title Suff Do Pass |
| 2024-03-18 | House | Referred To Education |
| 2024-03-14 | Senate | Transmitted To House |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Passed |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Committee Substitute Adopted |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| 2024-02-19 | Senate | Referred To Education |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 17 | 13 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 37 | 17 | 6 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
