Mississippi House Bill 890 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Failed on April 1 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-01 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act Creating The Mississippi Education Works Program To Address Student Literacy In Reading And Math And Teacher Performance; To Provide For Literacy-based Promotion Relating To Student Reading Deficiency And Parental Notification; To Provide That Any Student Who Exhibits A Substantial Deficiency In Reading In Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2 Or Grade 3 Shall Receive Intensive Reading Instruction; To Provide That If The Student's Reading Deficiency Is Not Remedied By The End Of Grade 3, The Student Must Be Retained And Not Promoted; To Prescribe Remedies For Reading And Math Deficiencies By The End Of Grade 7; To Provide That Any Student Who Exhibits Substantial Reading Or Math Deficiency In Grade 7 Shall Be Retained; To Provide For Exemptions From This Prohibition Based Upon Good Cause For Grades 3 And 7; To Prescribe Programs Of Instruction For Successful Progression For Retained Students; To Provide Reporting Requirements; To Empower And Direct The State Board Of Education To Enforce This Section; To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Repeal Section 37-13-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Program Of Instruction; To Create The Teacher Education Scholars Program And Establish Eligibility Criteria And Funding; To Establish A Pilot System In Certain School Districts For Evaluating The Performance Of Teachers And Administration For The Purpose Of Awarding Performance-based Compensation; To Amend Sections 37-3-53, 37-18-1 And 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Education Works: Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act/performance-based pay; create.

Rep. John Moore [R]	Rep. William Arnold [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. Becky Currie [R]
Rep. Charles Young [D]	Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

2013-03-12 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 28 N: 23 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-11 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 111 N: 4 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-01	House	Died In Conference
2013-03-29	House	Conferees Named Moore,Mayo,Busby
2013-03-27	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2013-03-26	House	Decline Concur/Inv Conf Lost
2013-03-18	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-14	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2013-03-12	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Entered
2013-03-12	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-03-12	Senate	Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred To Education
2013-02-13	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-11	House	Passed As Amended
2013-02-11	House	Amended
2013-02-11	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-02-05	House	Read the Third Time
2013-01-30	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0890.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0890IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0890CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0890PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0350015.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0640046.pdf