Mississippi House Bill 945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Limit The Number Of School District Superintendents In Each County To One, Who Shall Be Known As The "county Superintendent Of Education"; To Create New Section 37-9-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Beginning July 1, 2017, In Counties Having More Than One School District, Each School District In A County Other Than The School District Having The Highest Student Enrollment Shall Be Under The Administration Of An Assistant Superintendent; To Create New Section 37-7-102, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "school Board" And "superintendent" As Used In The Chapter Of The Code Governing School Districts And Boards Of Trustees; To Amend Sections 37-5-61, 37-5-71, 37-6-3 And 37-9-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Repeal Section 37-5-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Abolishes The Office Of County Superintendent Of Education In Certain Counties; To Repeal Section 37-9-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Required A Referendum To Be Held In A Certain School District In 1988 On The Question Of Whether To Abolish Or Continue The Office Of County Superintendent Of Education; And For Related Purposes.

School district superintendents; limit to one per county.

Rep. Randy Boyd [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0945.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0945IN.htm