Bill Text: MS SB2594 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: High school students suspended from extracurricular/athletic activity for failure to maintain certain grades; repeal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [SB2594 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2011-SB2594-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2011 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Senator(s) Browning

Senate Bill 2594

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 37-11-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES STUDENTS IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 TO BE SUSPENDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 37-11-65, Mississippi Code of 1972, which requires students in Grades 7 through 12 to be suspended from participation in extracurricular or athletic activity for failure to maintain a certain cumulative grade point average, is hereby repealed.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.