2008
Regular Session
Compulsory school attendance; change birthday cutoff date for five- and six-year-olds to October 1.
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 CHILDREN WHO TURN SIX YEARS OF AGE, AND THOSE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN KINDERGARTEN WHO TURN FIVE YEARS OF AGE, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1; TO AMEND SECTION 37-15-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE THE DATE BY WHICH KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS MUST REACH THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND FIRST GRADERS MUST REACH THEIR SIXTH BIRTHDAY IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO OCTOBER 1; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
02/27/08 at 13:47
H
B
732
House Bill 732
HB 732
H
Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
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Majority
July 1, 2008
Education
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02/04 (H) Referred To Education
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02/18 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
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02/27 (H) Recommitted to Committee
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02/27 (H) Died In Committee
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