Mississippi Senate Bill 2349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The State Department Of Education To Replace Subject Area Testing Requirements (satp2) And Parcc Student Assessments With The American College Testing (act) Assessment On A Phased-in Basis; To Amend Section 37-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The State Board Of Education To Require The Act College Readiness Test And Precursor Diagnostic Tests To Be Administered Beginning In The 2017-2018 School Year With Results To Be Included In Each School District's Accountability Report; To Direct The State Superintendent Of Education To Take Immediate Action To Withdraw From The Partnership For Assessment Of Readiness For College And Careers (parcc); To Amend Section 37-16-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

High-school testing requirements; replace PARCC and SATP2 with ACT assessment on phased-in basis.

Sen. William Longwitz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2349.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2349IN.htm