Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that repeals the requirement for a home school district to approve a student transfer to a new school district in Mississippi.

Highlights:

• Repeals language in existing law which requires the school district from which a student’s parent or guardian requests a transfer to approve the transfer (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the transferee board to refuse a transfer request (Sec. 1).

• Requires transfer requests to be approved absent good cause for a refusal (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes a school district to which a student transfers to charge a fee for receiving the student (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that nothing in this section precludes the Mississippi High School Activities Association from determining extracurricular eligibility of a student transferring to another school district (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the responsibility for transporting a student to their new school district falls upon the student’s parent or guardian if the receiving school district does not agree to provide transportation for the student (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this Act takes effect July 1, 2026 (Sec. 2).

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