Bill Text: MS SB2360 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bolivar County school district consolidation; repeal mandated school district consolidation law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2360 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2360-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Senator(s) Simmons (12th)
Senate Bill 2360
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 37-7-104.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH MANDATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION OF BOLIVAR COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS INTO TWO NEW DISTRICTS TO BE DESIGNATED AS NORTH BOLIVAR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WEST BOLIVAR CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDED FOR NEW SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE NEW DISTRICTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-7-104.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, which mandated an administrative consolidation of Bolivar County School Districts into two new districts to be designated as North Bolivar Consolidated School District and West Bolivar Consolidated School District and provided for new school boards in the new districts, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
