Bill Text: MS HB127 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: High school curriculum; extend repealer on requirement that SDE develop choices for direct entry into workforce & high school redesign pilot program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB127 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB127-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Formby
House Bill 127
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-99, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP CHOICES FOR DIRECT ENTRY INTO WORKFORCE AND HIGH SCHOOLS REDESIGN PILOT PROGRAM FROM JULY 1, 2013 TO JULY 1, 2016; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-3-99, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-3-99. (1) The State Department of Education shall design curriculum choices within the current requirements for a high school diploma for students who are interested in direct entry into the work force immediately following high school graduation. It is the intent of the Legislature that the curriculum for this program be rigorous, meeting the requirements based on research outlining the skills needed for entry into the work force. The program shall comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The department shall design the program for entering ninth graders. The department shall report to the Legislature on January 1, 2007, on its plan for the program. Students who choose the curriculum under the program will receive a standard diploma.
(2) The State Board of Education shall develop and pilot a program to redesign secondary schools in Mississippi to function not only as curriculum and educational entities but also as work force development centers. Contingent upon appropriations, the State Board of Education shall pilot a minimum of fifteen (15) sites to be selected through a process developed by the State Board of Education and to be implemented during the 2007-2008 school year. Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall phase in additional sites, based upon the criteria and selection process developed by the board, through the 2013-2014 school year.
This section shall stand
repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2016.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
