Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

House Bill 1415

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Title

Description: Compulsory school attendance; change enrollment date to August 1 and include certain 17-year-olds.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/15 (H) Referred To Education
2 01/30 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2001
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredThree/Fifths

House Committee:

Principal Author: Lott

Code Sections: A 037-0013-0091, A 037-0015-0009, A 037-0035-0001, A 037-0035-0003, A 037-0035-0009

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE THE DATE THAT ESTABLISHES WHETHER OR NOT A CHILD IS COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO AUGUST 1 AND TO INCLUDE IN THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD" THOSE STUDENTS WHO TURN SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-35-1, 37-35-3 AND 37-35-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE GENERAL AGE REQUIREMENT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE GED PROGRAM FROM SIXTEEN TO SEVENTEEN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 01/30/01 at 18:19.

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