Mississippi House Bill 1452 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-9-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Students And Parents To Be Granted An Automatic Due Process Hearing For All Disciplinary Matters In Which A Principal Makes A Recommendation For A Student To Be Suspended, Referred To An Alternative School Setting Or Expelled; To Provide That Such Hearing Shall Occur On The Next Day Immediately Following The Disruptive Behavior; To Provide That The Student Shall Remain In Regular Attendance At The School Of Enrollment Until The Matter Is Resolved With The Superintendent Or Local School Board On Appeal; To Provide That The Standard Of Proof In All Disciplinary Matters Shall Be Clear And Convincing Evidence; And For Related Purposes.

Due process hearing; grant automatically for students subject to suspension or expulsion for disciplinary matters in school.

Rep. Rickey Thompson [D]

Rep. Cedric Burnett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1452.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1452IN.htm