Mississippi House Bill 1061 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Achievement School District For The Purpose Of Improving Certain Failing Public Schools Throughout The State; To Provide That The Mississippi Achievement School District Shall Be A Statewide District Comprised Of All Public Schools That Have Been Assigned An "f" Rating Under The State Accreditation System For Two Consecutive School Years; To Provide For The Appointment Of A School Board For The Mississippi Achievement School District Which Shall Exercise, Subject To Exceptions, The Same Powers And Duties Granted To All Other School Boards; To Require The Board To Procure Office Space For The District And To Appoint A Highly Qualified Individual To Serve As School District Superintendent; To Require The State Board Of Education And The School Board Of The Mississippi Achievement School District, Acting Jointly, To Adopt Rules And Regulations Governing The Transfer Of Schools From The Local School District To The Achievement School District; To Specify That Schools Assigned An "f" Designation For The Second Consecutive Year In The 2016-2017 School Year Must Be Absorbed Immediately By The Achievement School District Unless The Achievement School District Determines That A Gradual Transfer Of Control, Complete Before The 2016-2017 School Year Begins, Is In The School's Best Interest; To Require School Districts From Which Schools Are Being Absorbed To Cooperate With The Mississippi Achievement School District And The State Board Of Education In The School's Transfer; To Provide For The Subsequent Return Of A School To Local School District Control By The Mississippi Achievement School District Subject To Certain Conditions Being Met; To Require The Superintendent Of The Mississippi Achievement School District To Recommend Highly Qualified Persons For Employment At A School And To Authorize The Continued Employment, In The School Board's Discretion, Of Personnel Employed At A School That Is Being Absorbed; To Authorize The Mississippi Achievement School District To Use The Personal And Real Property Of A School That Is Absorbed, Subject To Rules And Regulations Adopted Jointly By The State Board Of Education And The School Board Of The Achievement School District; To Provide For State And Local Funding Of Schools In The Mississippi Achievement School District; And For Related Purposes.

MS Achievement School District; establish to oversee the adm. of certain failing schools with a "F" rating for two consecutive years.

Rep. Charles Busby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB1061.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1061IN.htm