Mississippi House Bill 933 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Establishment Of A Special Needs Charter School For The Education Of Exceptional Children In Each Local School District; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Prescribe The Contents That Must Be Included In Local School Boards' Petitions Requesting Charter School Status; To Require The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Concerning The Submission Of Petitions And The Operation Of Special Needs Charter Schools; To Prescribe Certain Provisions That Must Be Included In The Terms Of Each Charter; To Provide That Initial Charters Must Be For A Term Of Four Years And To Authorize Renewal Of The Charters; To Authorize Special Needs Charter Schools To Accept Funds From Public And Private Sources; To Provide That Special Needs Charter School Employees Are Employees Of The Local School District; To Require The State Board Of Education To Annually Report To The Legislature On The Special Needs Charter School Program; And For Related Purposes.

Special Needs Charter School; establish for exceptional children in each school district.

Rep. Kelvin Buck [D]

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0933.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0933IN.htm