Mississippi Senate Bill 2612 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide For The Reorganization Of All Public School Districts In The State Of Mississippi Into A System With One Countywide School District Per Each County; To Abolish Other Types Of School Districts And Reconstitute Countywide School Districts As Is Necessary To Effect Said Reorganization; To Provide That The Territory Of Any School District Located In Two Or More Counties Shall Become Added Territory To The County School District In Which The School Buildings Are Located; To Provide That Counties With Less Than 3,000 Population Shall Form A Two-county School District With An Adjoining County, And Provide For A Special School Board In Such Situations; To Require All School Boards Affected By Said Reorganization To File A Transition Plan With The State Board Of Education On July 1, 2011; To Amend Sections 37-5-1, 37-5-7 And 37-5-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require New County Board Of Education Elections In All Counties In November 2012; To Repeal Section 37-5-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits Residents Of Municipal Separate School Districts From Qualifying For The County Board Of Education, And Section 37-5-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Election Of School Board Members From Special Districts; To Repeal Sections 37-7-103 Through 37-7-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Abolition, Alteration Or Creation Of School Districts By Local School Governing Boards Or Petition Filed By The Electorate, And Sections 37-7-501 Through 37-7-511, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Disposition Of Property On Dissolution Of A School District; To Repeal Sections 37-7-201 Through 37-7-229, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Selection Of Boards Of Trustees Of Municipal Separate And Consolidated School Districts; To Repeal Sections 37-6-5 And 37-6-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Title Of Public School Districts And The Composition Of School Boards; To Amend Section 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Empower County Boards Of Education To Govern Reorganized School Districts, And To Amend Sections 37-6-3, 37-6-9, 37-6-11, 37-6-13, 37-6-15, 37-7-301, 37-7-303, 37-7-305, 37-7-307, 37-7-311, 37-7-315 Through 37-7-323, 37-7-327, 37-7-329, 37-7-333, 37-7-401, 37-7-405, 37-7-409, 37-7-411, 37-7-431, 37-7-433, 37-7-435, 37-7-451, 37-7-455, 37-7-471, 37-7-475, 37-7-477, 37-7-479 And 37-7-481, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-9-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Selection Of The County Superintendent Of Education By The County Board Of Education; To Amend Sections 37-9-3, 37-9-14, 37-9-15, 37-9-17, 37-9-21 Through 37-9-27, 37-9-33, 37-9-37 Through 37-9-43, 37-9-49, 37-9-55 Through 37-9-59, 37-9-70 And 37-9-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Duties Of The County Superintendent Of Education; To Repeal Sections 37-5-61 Through 37-5-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Elective Office Of County Superintendent Of Education, And Section 37-9-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prescribes The Powers And Responsibilities Of Administrative Superintendents; To Amend Sections 37-15-2, 37-15-3, 37-15-4, 37-15-8, 37-15-13, 37-15-15, 37-15-17, 37-15-21 And 37-15-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Permanent Pupil Records And Assignment Of Pupils To Schools By The Newly Reconstituted School Boards; To Amend Sections 37-57-1, 37-57-105, 37-57-107, 37-59-3, 37-59-11, 37-59-13, 37-59-17, 37-59-19, 37-59-23, 37-59-27 Through 37-59-31, 37-59-35, 37-59-37, 37-59-43, 37-59-101 Through 37-59-107, 37-59-109 And 37-59-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Repeal Sections 37-57-131 And 37-57-133, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Levy And Collection Of Ad Valorem Taxes By Municipal Governing Authorities In Annexed Territory; To Amend Section 29-3-1.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Sections 37-61-3, 37-61-9, 37-61-17, 37-61-19, 37-61-21, 37-61-23 And 37-61-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; To Amend Section 37-151-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

Reorganization of all public school districts in MS; require one school district per county.

Sen. Billy Hewes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-14		Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2612.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2612IN.htm