Mississippi House Bill 849 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-10 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-153-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Appointments To The State Workforce Investment Board; To Bring Forward Sections 37-153-5, 37-153-11, 37-153-13, 71-5-353, 71-5-453, 37-153-17 And 37-153-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Create The "comprehensive Career And Technical Education Reform (ccater) Act"; To Bring Forward Section 37-15-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 37-16-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Provide Notice To All Incoming Middle School And Junior High Students Of The Career And Technical Education Programs Offered By Local School Boards; To Require All Students To Take The Act Workkeys Assessment; To Provide That Each Individual School District Shall Determine Whether The Act Workkeys Assessment Is Administered In The Ninth, Tenth Or Eleventh Grade; To Revise The Curriculum In The Career And Technical Education Program; To Amend Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Local Business Or Other Professional Personnel Shall Not Be Required To Hold An Associate Or Bachelor's Degree In Order To Be Granted An Expert Citizen-teacher License; To Expand The Expert Citizen-teacher License From One Year To Five Years; To Provide That Certain Instructional Staff Employed By A Public School District Or Nonpublic School Accredited Or Approved By The State For A Minimum Of Five Years Shall Be Granted A Standard Teacher License; To Require Such Teachers To Comply With Any Additional Requirements For Existing Teachers, Including Professional Development Training And Completion Of The Required Continuing Education Units; To Amend Section 37-16-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Accreditation System Shall Include Student Performance On The Administration Of The Act Workkeys Assessment, Which Shall Be Weighted In The Same Percentage As The Standard Act Assessment; To Require The State Board Of Education, Acting Through The Commission On Teacher And Administrator Education, Certification And Licensure And Development, And In Conjunction With The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, To Require Each Educator Preparation Program In The State To Include A Praxis Core Academic Skills For Educators Examination And A Praxis Ii Examination Preparatory Review Course, As Part Of Its Curriculum; And For Related Purposes.

State Workforce Investment Board; revise membership of.

Rep. Donnie Bell [R]

2021-02-03 - House - House Passed (Y: 112 N: 7 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-10	Senate	Died On Calendar
2021-03-02	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2021-03-02	Senate	DR - TSDPAA: ED To EC
2021-02-24	Senate	Referred To Education;Economic and Workforce Development
2021-02-04	House	Transmitted To Senate
2021-02-03	House	Passed
2021-02-03	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2021-01-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Workforce Development

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	15	38	New Code	See Bill Text
37	153	11	New Code	See Bill Text
37	153	13	New Code	See Bill Text
37	153	15	New Code	See Bill Text
37	153	17	New Code	See Bill Text
37	153	5	New Code	See Bill Text
37	153	7	New Code	See Bill Text
37	16	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	16	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	17	6	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	3	2	Amended Code	See Bill Text
71	5	353	New Code	See Bill Text
71	5	453	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0849.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0849IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0849CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0849PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/sam/HB0849_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0300051.pdf