MS HB736 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Be Known As The "mississippi Recovery School District Charter Program Act"; To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement The Charter Program And The State Department Of Education To Administer The Program Beginning With The 2011-2012 School Year; To Authorize A Charter School Or Charter District To Be Formed By The Conversion Of An Existing Public School Or District To Charter Status By The State Board Of Education In School Districts Transferred To The Mississippi Recovery School District; To Prescribe Certain Requirements To Be Satisfied By Schools Or Districts In The Charter Program; To Require Schools Or Districts Converted To Charter Status To Give Enrollment Preference To Students Who Were Enrolled In And In Attendance At That School Or District Before The District Was Placed In The Charter Program; To Allow The Admission Of Students Outside Of The Local School Subject To The Establishment Of A Procedure For The Admission Of Those Students; To Require Any School Or District Placed In The Charter Program By The State Board Of Education To Be Open To Any Student Residing In The State; To Prescribe The Procedures To Be Followed For The Admission Of Students In Schools Or Districts Chartered Under The Charter Program; To Provide That A Charter School Or Charter District May Sue And Be Sued; To Provide Immunity From Civil Liability To The State Board Of Education And Its Members; To Provide That The Charter For A School Or District Placed Under The Charter Program Is Valid For An Initial Term Of Three Years; To Require That Certain Assurances And Components Are Included In Charters Issued By The Board; To Require All Schools Or Districts Chartered Under The Charter Program To Comply With All Statutes Applicable To The Public Schools And The Rules, Regulations, Policies And Procedures Of The State Board Of Education; To Provide For The Employment Of Faculty And Staff Members At Charter Schools And Charter Districts; To Grant Exclusive Authority Over All Employment Practices Of Charter Schools And Charter Districts To The Mississippi Recovery School District; To Provide That Those Employed By The Charter School Or Charter District Are Employees Of The State Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Providing Certain State-funded Benefits; To Require The Deputy Superintendent Responsible For The Mississippi Recovery School District To Provide An Annual Status Report To The State Board Of Education; To Provide For State And Local Funding Of Charter Schools Or Charter Districts Under The Charter Program; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Require The Consolidation Of Any Local School District That Is Placed Under The Mississippi Recovery School District Into An Adjacent School District; To Provide That The Consolidation Is Subject To Certain Conditions; To Authorize The Board To Establish A Charter School Or Charter District In A School District That Is Placed Under The Mississippi Recovery School District; To Amend Sections 37-7-113 And 37-15-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Mississippi Recovery School District Charter Program; create.
Sponsors
Rep. Cecil Brown [D] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2010-02-02 | Died In Committee | |
2010-01-13 | Referred To Education |
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0736.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0736IN.htm |