Bill Text: MS HB258 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School classrooms; extend date of repeal on authority of parents to choose if twins or other multiples attend the same or separate classes.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB258 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-HB258-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Warren
House Bill 258
AN ACT TO REENACT AND AMEND SECTION 37-11-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MOVE FROM THE GENERAL LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI THE REPEALER ON THE AUTHORITY OF PARENTS TO CHOOSE THE SAME OR SEPARATE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS FOR TWINS OR OTHER MULTIPLES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING THE REPEALER IN THE SECTION SUBJECT TO REPEAL, AND TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL UNTIL JULY 1, 2014; TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 484, LAWS OF 2009, TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON SECTION 37-11-1; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-11-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is reenacted and amended as follows:
37-11-1. (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, after a pupil has been assigned to a particular public school, the principal, or anyone else vested with the authority of assigning pupils to classes, knowingly shall not place such pupil in a class where the pupil's presence would serve to adversely affect, hinder, or retard the academic development of the other pupils in the class.
(2) (a) A parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples, as defined in paragraph (d) of this subsection, may request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school. The school may recommend classroom placement and provide professional education advice to the parent or guardian to assist the parent or guardian in making the best decision for the children's education. A school must provide the placement requested by the children's parent or guardian unless: (i) the parent or guardian has requested that the children, who are different sexes, be placed in the same classroom and the students in the school have been assigned to different classrooms according to sex, as authorized under Section 37-11-3; or (ii) the school board of the school district makes a classroom placement determination following the school principal's request according to this subsection.
(b) A parent or guardian making a request under this subsection must submit a written request for the classroom placement to the school principal no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the first day of each school year or, if the children are enrolled in the school after the school year commences, no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the children's first day of attendance in the school.
(c) At the end of the initial grading period during which children have been in the same classroom or separate classrooms pursuant to their parent or guardian's request under this subsection, if the principal, in consultation with the children's classroom teacher or teachers, determines that the requested classroom placement is disruptive to the school, the principal may request that the school board determine the children's classroom placement.
(d) For purposes of this section, the term "higher order multiples" means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets or more.
(3) This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2014.
SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 484, Laws of 2009 is amended as follows:
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2009 * * *.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
