Mississippi House Bill 542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-16-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A School District To Offer An Online Career Track Program And To Accept Students From Outside The District For Enrollment In The Program; To Require The State Department Of Education To Transfer, For Each Student Residing In A School District Enrolled In An Online Program In Another District, An Amount Equal To The Student's Home School District's Contribution To The Adequate Education Program And Local Operational Tax Levy To The School District Operating The Online Program; To Require The Department To Withhold Such Amount From The Transferring School District's January Payment Of Adequate Education Program Funds; To Amend Sections 37-15-29 And 37-15-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A School District To Allow A Student Accepted Into An Online Program Operated By A District Other Than That In Which The Student Resides To Transfer From The Student's Home District To The District Providing The Online Program; And For Related Purposes.

Online Career-track Program; authorize school districts to create and accept out-of-district students for enrollment in.

Rep. Donnie Bell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	15	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	15	31	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0542.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0542IN.htm