Bill Text: MS HB820 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Student expulsions; require mandatory reporting of to the State Department of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [HB820 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-HB820-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Williams-Barnes
House Bill 820
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A CENTRAL REPORTING SYSTEM TO BE USED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE MANDATORY REPORTING OF EXPULSION TO THE DEPARTMENT; TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATING TO STUDENT EXPULSION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-15-6, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-15-6. For the purpose of
providing notice to public and private school officials, both within and
outside the boundaries of the state, of the expulsion of any public school
student, the State Department of Education * * * shall develop a central reporting
system for maintaining information concerning each expulsion from a public
school. In establishing and maintaining the reporting system, the department * * * shall require each school district
and charter school to report, within a certain period of time after an
expulsion, as established by the department, information such as the following:
(a) The name of the student expelled;
(b) The date the student was expelled;
(c) The age of the student at the time of the expulsion;
(d) The school from which the student was expelled;
(e) The reason for the expulsion, including a detailed description of the student's act or acts;
(f) The duration of the period of expulsion, if not indefinite; and
(g) Any other information that the department deems necessary for school officials in a public or private school, where a student is seeking enrollment, to determine whether or not a student should be denied enrollment based upon a previous expulsion.
Any information maintained
by the department under the authority of this section shall be strictly
confidential. The identifying information shall be available to school
officials at a public or private school only upon their request and only when a
student seeks enrollment or admission to that school. * * *
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.