Mississippi House Bill 1245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Career Option In Mississippi Public High Schools And To Provide For The Issuance Of A Separate Career Diploma To Any Student Completing A Career Major Program Curriculum; To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop And Adopt Course And Curriculum Requirements For Career Major Programs Offered By Local Public School Boards; To Provide That A Career Diploma Shall Be Considered A Standard Diploma And Must Be Recognized By All Community And Junior Colleges Under The Authority Of The Mississippi State Board For Community And Junior Colleges; To Require Teachers To Incorporate A Minimum Of Six Activities Exposing Students In Grades Six Through Eight To Career And Technical And Academic Fields Of Study Each School Year And Maintain Records Of Such Activities; To Require Each Student To Develop A Five-year Individual Graduation Plan With The Input Of His Or Her Family That Sequences The Student's Courses Consistent With The Student's Goals For One Year After Graduation; To Require Guidance Counselors Or Other Staff Personnel Designated By The School Principal To Complete The Five-year Individual Graduation Plan For Each Eighth Grade Student; To Allow Students To Change From One Major To Another At The End Of Any School Year; To Require The Career Major To Be Linked To Postsecondary Education Options In Order To Provide Students With Alternatives To Immediate Entrance Into A Four-year University Or College After High School; To Allow Students Pursuing A Career Major To Dually Enroll In A Community Or Junior College Under The Authority Of The Mississippi State Board For Community And Junior Colleges; To Require Each Local Public School District To Offer One Or More Career Major Programs, Subject To Approval By The State Board Of Education, Unless A Waiver Is Granted To A School District Upon A Showing Of Good Cause; To Require School Districts To Annually Review The Majors Offered And Expand Those Offerings As Appropriate Through Certain Course Offerings; To Establish The Required Academic Core And Career And Technical Sequences Of Courses Necessary To Complete The Career Major Program Curriculum; To Require Each Local Public School Board Seeking To Establish A Career Major To Submit A Proposed Curriculum To The State Board Of Education For Approval; To Establish The Criteria Each Student Seeking To Pursue A Career Major Must Meet In Order To Qualify For The Program; To Require Each Student Seeking To Pursue A Career Major To Acquire Written Permission Of His Or Her Parent Or Other Legal Guardian After Consultation With The School Guidance Counselor Or Administrator; To Amend Section 37-3-99, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Design Curriculum Choice For Entering Eighth Graders For A High School Diploma For Students Interested In Direct Entry Into The Workforce Immediately Following High School Graduation; To Provide That Students Who Successfully Complete The Necessary Requirements For Career Major Program Curriculum Will Receive A Career Diploma; To Remove The Requirement That The State Department Of Education To Develop A Pilot Program To Redesign Secondary Schools In Mississippi To Function Not Only As Curriculum And Educational Entities But Also As Workforce Development Centers; To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Each School Board Implementing A Career Major Program Curriculum To Establish Standards For Graduation; To Provide That Any Student Meeting The Requirements Established By The Local Public School Board Shall Receive A Career Diploma In A Form Prescribed By The State Board Of Education; To Amend Section 37-13-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Appoint A Curriculum Committee, Composed Of Professional And Lay Members, To Make A Continuous Study Of The Curriculum Of The Public Schools And To Make Recommendations To The State Board Of Education; To Revise The Per Diem And Travel Compensation For Members Of The Committee; To Amend Sections 37-13-58, 37-13-59 And 37-13-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To Those Newly Created Sections; To Amend Section 37-21-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Requirement That The State Department Of Education Study The Feasibility Of Developing An Occupational Diploma; To Provide That Sections 1 Through 5 Of This Act Shall Be Codified In Chapter 13, Title 37, Mississippi Code Of 1972; And For Related Purposes.

High school curriculum; provide for separate diplomas for academic curriculum and career major curriculum.

Rep. Larry Baker [R]	Rep. Richard Bennett [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Jim Ellington [R]
Rep. Mark Formby [R]	Rep. Bobby Howell [R]	Rep. Alex Monsour [R]	Rep. Gary Staples [R]
Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-18		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB1245.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1245IN.htm