Mississippi House Bill 78 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 13 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-13 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-15-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Local School Board In Districts With An Accountability Rating Grade Of "d" Or "f" From Denying Student Requests To Transfer To A Better Performing Adjacent District Upon Receipt Of A Written Petition By The Parent, Legal Guardian Or Individual In Loco Parentis Of The Student Requesting The Transfer; To Prescribe The Components To Be Included In The Release Petition; To Require The Receiving School District To Verify The Accountability Rating Grade Of The Transferring School District Before Accepting Any Student, And Upon A Determination That The Transferring District Has A Poor Accountability Rating, Shall Receive The Student And Make A Request Of The Transferring District For Per Pupil Expenditures Allotted The Student; And For Related Purposes.

Student transfer; prohibit school boards in failing school districts from denying requests to better performing district.

Rep. John Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-13	House	Died On Calendar
2014-02-04	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2014-02-04	House	DR - TSDPCS: AP To ED
2014-01-31	House	DR - TSDPCS: ED To AP
2014-01-07	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0078.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0078IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0078CS.htm