Mississippi Senate Bill 2866 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 14 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-14 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 37-17-6, 37-179-1 And 37-179-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Education To Acknowledge Student Performance In Schools Within Districts Of Innovation That Administer The Cambridge Assessment Or Other Nationally Recognized Assessment To Determine Student Proficiency For The Purpose Of Assigning School And District Accountability Ratings; To Require The Department To Develop A Procedure For The Acceptance Of The Cambridge Assessment Or Other Nationally Recognized Assessments Used By School Within Districts Of Innovation In Lieu Of The Map Assessments And Subject Area Testing Program; To Require The Department To Assign Accountability Designations To Schools Within Districts Of Innovation Based Upon Student Performance On The Selected Nationally Recognized Assessment Administered By The School, In Comparison To The Student Performance Cut Scores Used For Each Accountability Designation On The Statewide Assessment System; And For Related Purposes.

Districts of Innovation; require SDE to recognize use of Cambridge Assessment for purposes of accountability rating.

Sen. Rita Potts Parks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Died On Calendar
2019-02-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2866.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2866IN.htm