Mississippi House Bill 284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-15-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Local School Board In Districts With An Accountability Rating Grade Of "d" Or "f" From Denying Student Requests To Transfer To Another School Within The District Or To A School District Upon Receipt Of A Written Petition By The Parent, Legal Guardian Or Individual In Loco Parentis Of The Student Requesting The Transfer; To Prescribe The Components To Be Included In The Release Petition; To Require The Receiving School District To Verify The Accountability Rating Grade Of The Transferring School District Before Accepting Any Student, And Upon A Determination That The Transferring District Has A Poor Accountability Rating, Shall Receive The Student And Make A Request Of The Transferring District For Per Pupil Expenditures Allotted The Student; To Allow Receiving District To Refuse School Acceptance Of The Transfer Student Based On Lack Of Capacity To Accommodate A Transferring Student; And For Related Purposes.

Student transfer; prohibit boards of failing districts from denying requests to better performing schools or districts.

Rep. John Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-03	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0284.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0284IN.htm