Mississippi Legislature

2000 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2167

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Bill Text

History of Actions

Background

Title

Description: Uniform requirement for Praxis II Examination completion as prerequisite for teacher graduation; IHL implement.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

101/13/00(S)Referred To Education
203/07/00(S)Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2000
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
3/5ths vote requiredNo

Senate Committee:

Principal Author: Blackmon

Code Section: A 037-0003-0002

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-2 MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A UNIFORM REQUIREMENT FOR COMPLETION OF THE PRAXIS II EXAMINATION BY TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS AS A PREREQUISITE FOR GRADUATION OR STUDENT TEACHING; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL GRANT A STANDARD TEACHER LICENSE UNDER RECIPROCITY ONLY IF THE FOREIGN STATE'S TESTING REQUIREMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO MISSISSIPPI'S; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 03/07/00 at 17:36.



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