MS SB2735 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Amend Sections 37-16-3 And 37-16-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Board Of Education And The Local School Boards Shall Not Require The Public Schools To Administer Any Standardized Tests Or Assessments Except As Required By Federal Law Or The "literacy-based Promotion Act"; To Provide That The Savings Resulted From Termination Of Current Student Tests Shall Be Applied To Funding Teacher Salary Increases; To Require The Demonstration Of Proficiency In Civics As A Condition Of High School Graduation By Requiring Students To Take The United States Citizenship Test As A Part Of The United States History Curriculum; To Require The United States History Curriculum And Test To Include Historical Knowledge Beginning With The Settlement Of Jamestown, Virginia, In 1607; To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Standardized tests administered by school districts; impose statutory limit on number of.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-02-05 | Senate | Died In Committee |
2019-01-21 | Senate | Referred To Education |
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2735.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2735IN.htm |