2026
Regular Session
School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD FOR MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE PARENTS WITH CRITICAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR; TO SPECIFY THE TIMELINE BY WHICH THE INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT UPDATES TO THE DASHBOARD ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED; TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT A ONE-YEAR PERIOD TO IDENTIFY ANY RELEVANT DATA NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT SAID DATA IS AND INCLUDE IT IN THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD TO BE COMPILED INTO AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE, USER-FRIENDLY SINGLE-PAGE GRAPHIC AND PUBLISHED ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE GUIDANCE AND THE STANDARDIZED DASHBOARD TEMPLATE TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY AUGUST 1, 2026; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM AND PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM DATA METRICS TO BE INCLUDED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6 AND 37-17-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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House Bill 1234
HB 1234
H
Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
No
Majority
July 1, 2026
Education
F
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Education
T
../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml
Grady
../../House_authors/Grady.xml
A
../../code_sections/037/00170006.xml
A
../../code_sections/037/00170008.xml
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01/19 (H) Referred To Education
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01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
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02/11 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
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02/11 (H) Amended
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02/11 (H) Passed As Amended
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02/13 (H) Transmitted To Senate
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02/17 (S) Referred To Education
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03/03 (S) Died In Committee
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Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub)
Adopted
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Voice Vote
N
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