Bill Text | History of Actions | Amendments | Background | Title |
Description: Compulsory School Attendance Law; include students in kindergarten and revise deadline for certificates of enrollment.
Bill Text: [Introduced] [Passed House]
| 1 | 01/21 (H) Referred To Education | |
| 2 | 02/05 (H) Title Suff Do Pass | |
| 3 | 02/11 (H) Amended | |
| 4 | 02/11 (H) Passed As Amended | |
| 5 | 02/13 (H) Transmitted To Senate | |
| 6 | 02/18 (S) Referred To Education | |
| 7 | 03/05 (S) Died In Committee |
| Adopted | [H] | Amendment No 1 |
| Adopted | [H] | Amendment No 2 |
| Effective date | July 1, 2002 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Lott
Additional Authors: Cameron, Jennings, Martinson, Robertson
Code Section: A 037-0013-0091
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE IN THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD" THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO TURN SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY NOT WITHHOLD KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS FROM PROMOTION TO THE FIRST GRADE BASED UPON AN EXCESS NUMBER OF ABSENCES; AND TO REVISE THE DATE BY WHICH CERTIFICATES OF ENROLLMENT MUST BE RETURNED BY PARENTS TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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