Mississippi Legislature

2000 Regular Session

House Bill 777

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Title

Description: School discipline; prescribe additional requirements for code of student conduct and automatic expulsion for disruptive students.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

102/09/00(H)Referred To Education
203/07/00(H)Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective datePassage
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
3/5ths vote requiredNo

House Committee:

Principal Author: Warren

Code Sections: A 037-0011-0055, A 037-0011-0053

Title: AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 37-11-54, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE AUTOMATIC EXPULSION OF A HABITUALLY DISRUPTIVE STUDENT ON THE THIRD OCCURRENCE OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DURING A SCHOOL YEAR, AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR" AND "HABITUALLY DISRUPTIVE STUDENT"; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL'S CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS AND TO PRESCRIBE ADDITIONAL POLICIES THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN CODES OF STUDENT CONDUCT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT'S DISCIPLINE PLAN AND CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT AT THE NEXT LEGAL AUDIT OF SUCH PLAN AND TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ALLOW A PARENT TO ACCOMPANY THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CHILD'S SUSPENSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 03/07/00 at 17:26.



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