Mississippi House Bill 839 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-9-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Appointment Of All Superintendents Of Schools From And After January 1, 2016; To Amend Section 37-5-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Appointment Of The Superintendent Of Schools In County School Districts From And After January 1, 2016; To Amend Sections 37-9-25, 37-7-105, 37-7-725, 37-9-23, 37-17-6, 37-43-39 And 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Repeal Section 37-9-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For A Referendum On The Question Of Retaining The Elective Method Of Choosing The County Superintendent Of Education; To Repeal Sections 37-5-63, 37-5-65, 37-5-67, 37-5-69, 37-5-71 And 37-5-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Election Of County Superintendents Of Education And Filling Vacancies In The Office Of County Superintendent Of Education, Effective January 1, 2016; And For Related Purposes.

School district superintendents; require all to be appointed beginning in 2016.

Rep. John Moore [R]	Rep. Manly Barton [R]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]
Rep. Gary Chism [R]	Rep. William Denny [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Guice [R]	Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]
Rep. Rita Martinson [R]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0839.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0839IN.htm