Bill Text: MS HB586 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School Start Date Act; repeal to allow local school boards to determine the start of a new academic year as prescribed in Section 37-13-61.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB586 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB586-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Education; Appropriations
By: Representatives Byrd, Arnold, Bell, Carpenter, Kinkade, Ladner, Martinson, Morgan, Pigott, Staples, Taylor, Turner
House Bill 586
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 37-163-62, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE SCHOOL START DATE ACT, WHICH PRESCRIBES THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR, ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOLS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BEGIN THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR OF INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS ON OR AFTER THE THIRD MONDAY IN AUGUST; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-13-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH VESTS POWER AND AUTHORITY IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH THE DATES FOR THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL TERM, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-163-62, which establishes the School Start Date Act, which prescribes that beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, all public elementary or secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education shall begin the new academic year of instruction for students on or after the third Monday in August, is repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 37-13-61, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
37-13-61. The local school board shall have the power and authority to fix the date for the opening and closing of the school term, subject to the minimum number of days which schools must be in session during a scholastic year, as prescribed under Section 37-13-63. However, local school boards are authorized to keep school in session in excess of the minimum number of days prescribed in Section 37-13-63.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
