2016 Regular Session MS Achievement School District; establish to oversee administration of certain failing schools with a "F" rating for two consecutive years. AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING CERTAIN FAILING PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE A STATEWIDE DISTRICT COMPRISED OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED AN "F" OR CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING RATING UNDER THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO OBTAIN OFFICE SPACE FOR THE DISTRICT AND TO APPOINT A HIGHLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TO SERVE AS SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSFER OF SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO SPECIFY THAT SCHOOLS ASSIGNED AN "F" DESIGNATION FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR MUST BE ABSORBED IMMEDIATELY BY THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THE ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DETERMINES THAT A GRADUAL TRANSFER OF CONTROL, COMPLETE BEFORE THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, IS IN THE SCHOOL'S/DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM WHICH SCHOOLS OR DISTRICTS ARE BEING ABSORBED TO COOPERATE WITH THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL'S TRANSFER; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUBSEQUENT RETURN OF A SCHOOL OR DISTRICT TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTROL BY THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS BEING MET; TO REQUIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RECOMMEND HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AT A SCHOOL AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT, IN THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S DISCRETION, OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYED AT A SCHOOL THAT IS BEING ABSORBED; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO USE THE PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY OF A SCHOOL OR DISTRICT THAT IS ABSORBED, SUBJECT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE FOR STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING OF SCHOOLS IN THE MISSISSIPPI ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/01/17 at 14:24 H B 989 House Bill 989 HB 989 H Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2016 486 Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Education F ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Appropriations F ../../Senate_cmtes/AP.xml Busby ../../House_authors/Busby.xml 1 02/08 (H) Referred To Education 2 02/22 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/25 (H) Read the Third Time 4 03/02 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 5 03/02 (H) Amended 6 03/02 (H) Tabled Subject To Call 7 03/03 (H) Amended 8 03/03 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/house/0590005.pdf 9 03/08 (H) Transmitted To Senate 10 03/11 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations 11 03/22 (S) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP 12 03/22 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 13 03/29 (S) Amended 14 03/29 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/senate/0850020.pdf 15 03/30 (S) Returned For Concurrence 16 04/05 (H) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 17 04/13 (H) Conferees Named Moore,Busby,Roberson 18 04/15 (S) Conferees Named Tollison,Hopson,Caughman 19 04/18 (S) Conference Report Filed 20 04/18 (H) Conference Report Filed 21 04/19 (H) Motion to Recommit Lost 22 04/19 (H) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/house/1060013.pdf 23 04/19 (S) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2016/pdf/votes/senate/1060042.pdf 24 04/26 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 25 04/26 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 26 05/12 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0989SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0989SG.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0989IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0989IN.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0989CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0989CS.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0989PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0989PS.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0989SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0989SG.htm ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/cr/HB0989CR.pdf ../../../../documents/2016/html/cr/HB0989CR.htm Conference Report Amendment Report for House Bill No. 989 ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0989.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0989.htm Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/ham/HB0989_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/ham/HB0989_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf Voice Vote Amendment No 2 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/ham/HB0989_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm ../../../../../documents/2016/html/ham/HB0989_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm Voice Vote Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/sam/HB0989_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2016/html/sam/HB0989_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2016/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0989.pdf