Mississippi Senate Bill 2808 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Codify Section 37-7-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Any Mississippi County Having 3 Or More School Districts, There Shall Be An Administrative Consolidation Into Not More Than 2 School Districts; To Provide For A New County Board Of Education To Be Elected In Such County In The November 2011 General Election; To Provide That The New County Board Of Education Shall Serve As The Lead Agency To Consolidate The School Districts In Such County And 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 Boards 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 In The New School Districts And To Provide For The Preparation Of School District Budgets In The New School Districts; To Direct The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Regulations To Implement Such Administrative Consolidation; And For Related Purposes.

School district consolidation; require in counties with 3 or more school districts.

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2808.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2808IN.htm