Mississippi House Bill 836 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-92, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit School Districts From Automatically Placing A Child Into An Alternative School When The Child Is Returning From Out-of-home Placement From The Juvenile Justice System; To Prohibit School Districts From Placing A Child Into Alternative School For An Offense That The Child Committed During The Summer Months Between School Terms While The Child Was Not Enrolled In School; To Amend Section 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Section; To Amend Section 43-21-621, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit The Discretionary Authority Of A School District Superintendent To Assign A Child To An Alternative School, When The Youth Court Has Ordered The Child's Enrollment, To Those Instances Where The Child Committed A Violent Act On School Property; And For Related Purposes.

Youth returning to school from certain out-of-home placement; prohibit automatic placement in alternative school.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-11	House	Referred To Youth and Family Affairs;Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0836.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0836IN.htm