Mississippi House Bill 1171 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Students In Any Grade Higher Than Grade 6 To Maintain A Weekly Grade Point Average Of 2.0 Or Higher On A 4.0 Scale In Order To Participate In Any Extracurricular Or Athletic Activity During The Week Or The Immediately Approaching Weekend During Which Those Activities Are Conducted; To Authorize Teachers To Temporarily Revoke The Privilege To Participate In Any Extracurricular Or Athletic Activity Of Any Disruptive Student Until The Time That The Student Conforms His Or Her Behavior; To Require The Teacher To Timely Notify The School's Principal And The Sponsor Or Coach Of Those Activities Of The Student's Behavior And The Temporary Revocation Of Participation Privileges; To Provide That Upon The Receipt Of The Notice, The Principal Shall Require The Sponsor Or Coach To Immediately Enforce The Temporary Revocation; And For Related Purposes.

Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Rita Martinson [R]
Rep. Alex Monsour [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1171.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1171IN.htm