Senate Bill 2160

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA MAY BE GRANTED TO STUDENTS WHO WITHDREW FROM SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION AND LATER ACHIEVED THE REASONABLY COMPARABLE REQUIREMENTS THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME THAT THE STUDENT WOULD HAVE GRADUATED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 37-16-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-16-15. Any person who has withdrawn from high school before graduation may be granted a diploma from the Mississippi public high school that the person last attended if the person has:

(a) Achieved the * * * ~~equivalent~~ reasonably comparable requirements for high school graduation that existed at the time that the student would have graduated; and

(b) Made a request to the public high school district that the person last attended in Mississippi that includes relevant transcripts of course work completed.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.