Mississippi Senate Bill 2397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled "the Mississippi Literacy-based Promotion Act" Relating To Student Reading Deficiency And Parental Notification; To Provide That Any Student Who Exhibits A Substantial Deficiency In Reading In 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 Provide Exemptions From This Prohibition Based Upon Good Cause; 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 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Children Age 5 On Or Before September 1 Of The Calendar Year Are Subject To The Provisions Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law; To Amend Section 37-16-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Repeal Section 37-13-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Mississippi Reading Sufficiency Program Of Instruction; And For Related Purposes.

Third Grade reading proficiency; enact "Mississippi Literacy-Based Promotion Act."

Sen. Gray Tollison [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2397.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2397IN.htm