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MS HB1495

Bill

Status

Failed

2/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Brent Anderson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Alters school district boundary lines between two districts impacted by the John C. Stennis Space Center buffer zone, transferring the buffer zone area to the school district of the county where the Space Center is officially located, effective with the 2025-2026 school year

  • Specifies exact geographic coordinates using township and section designations for both the current boundaries (as of January 1, 2025) and the new boundaries following the boundary alteration

  • Includes a 10-year reversion clause: if no economic development occurs within the transferred territory after 10 years, the property and school district boundaries will revert to the school district that held the territory on January 1, 2025

  • Amends Mississippi Code Sections 37-7-103 and 37-7-113 to exempt this specific boundary alteration from standard school board and State Board of Education approval requirements

  • Establishes a judicial review process allowing aggrieved parties to petition the circuit court for de novo review of the boundary alteration, with appeal rights to the Mississippi Supreme Court

Legislative Description

School district boundaries; create legislative study committee to determine if revisions should be made near Stennis Space Center.

Last Action

Died On Calendar

2/13/2025

Committee Referrals

State Affairs1/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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