Committee Education Author Dennis DeBar Session 2024 Session Latest Action On March 5, the Senate Education Committee passed a committee substitute for SB 2691. The committee substitute contains a “reverse repealer,” meaning that the statute would never take effect. The legislature uses reverse repealers to ensure that a bill must go to conference and be…
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Senate Bill 2690: Charter School Funding
Committee Education Author Dennis DeBar Session 2024 Session Latest Action On March 12, the Senate passed the committee substitute for SB 2690. The bill will now be transmitted to the House. Explanation of the Bill The committee substitute for SB 2690 would delete the provision of the law that requires the Mississippi Charter Authorizer Board…
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Committee Education; Technology Author Chris Johnson Session 2024 Session Latest Action On March 12, the Senate amended and passed SB 2062. As amended, the bill requires the Lieutenant Governor’s task force appointees who are school based–the school board member, school superintendent, and school district technology director–to be selected from three different school districts. The bill…
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