Post by Logan on Feb 23, 2017 16:16:26 GMT -6
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi lawmakers in coming weeks could change the rules governing schools in significant ways.
Among proposals still alive in the 2017 Legislature are measures to limit the number of statewide and districtwide testing days, require 17-year-olds to stay in school, and require a district taken over by the state to achieve a "C" rating for five years in a row before it could be returned to local control.
Lawmakers have already killed a number of proposals, including requiring school board members to be elected at the same time, cutting the number of school days from 180 to 170, and requiring students to pass the U.S. citizenship test.
This year's top education debate is over rewriting Mississippi's school funding formula, and other legislation being considered is less weighty than earlier debates over charter schools and taking over struggling schools.
Read more: www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2017/02/21/lawmakers-could-limit-testing-bar-17-year-old-dropouts/
Among proposals still alive in the 2017 Legislature are measures to limit the number of statewide and districtwide testing days, require 17-year-olds to stay in school, and require a district taken over by the state to achieve a "C" rating for five years in a row before it could be returned to local control.
Lawmakers have already killed a number of proposals, including requiring school board members to be elected at the same time, cutting the number of school days from 180 to 170, and requiring students to pass the U.S. citizenship test.
This year's top education debate is over rewriting Mississippi's school funding formula, and other legislation being considered is less weighty than earlier debates over charter schools and taking over struggling schools.
Read more: www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2017/02/21/lawmakers-could-limit-testing-bar-17-year-old-dropouts/