Mississippi Senate Bill 2714 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 14 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-14 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-7-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Empower The State Board Of Education To Reconstitute The Sunflower County School System Into The "fannie Lou Hamer Charter School District"; To Empower The State Board Of Education To Issue Regulations For The Application Of A Qualified Charter School Organization To Operate The Schools Of Sunflower County And To Enter Into Necessary Contracts For That Purpose; To Authorize The Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School District To Select One Or More Of Its Elementary And/or Middle Schools To Operate As A Public Charter School; To Establish Certain Conditions That Must Be Agreed To By The New Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School District In Order To Receive Charter Status; To Establish Certain Duties And Responsibilities By The State Board, The State Department Of Education And Certain Other State Agencies In The Event That The Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School District Meets Its Conditions; To Amend Section 37-165-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The State Board Of Education To Issue Rules And Regulations Necessary To Implement This Act; And For Related Purposes.

"Fannie Lou Hamer Charter School District"; establish in Sunflower County under certain conditions.

Sen. Willie Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-14	Senate	Died On Calendar
2013-01-31	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2714.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2714IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2714CS.htm