Mississippi House Bill 1588

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Discontinuation Of End-of-course Subject Area Testing In Public High Schools For 11th And 12th Grades; To Require The Department To Secure Approval From The United States Department Of Education To Allow Nationally Recognized College-readiness And Career-readiness Exams, Such As, But Not Limited To, The Act And Act Workkeys Assessment, To Serve As Compliance With Any Federal Testing Requirements; To Require All High School Students To Take A Nationally Recognized College-readiness And Career-readiness Tests, Such As The Act And Act Workkeys Assessments; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Related To The State's Permanent Performance-based Accreditation System For Schools; To Amend Sections 37-16-3, 37-16-7, 37-16-17, 37-3-49, 37-15-38 And 37-35-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provision Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

State subject area tests and acountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions.

Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2025-01-20	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	15	38	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	17	6	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	3	49	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	35	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1588.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1588IN.htm