HB 1431 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

School District Administrative Efficiency and Joinder Task Force; create.

HB 1431 creates a 15-member task force to study whether consolidating Mississippi school districts - particularly in counties with multiple districts or districts spanning two counties - would improve efficiency and educational opportunities. The task force must gather data on student enrollment, administrative costs, accreditation, and district demographics, then analyze consolidation feasibility, benefits, and financial impacts for each affected county. It must submit a final report to the legislature by December 31, 2025, including recommendations for reducing district numbers. The bill, which passed the House but died in a Senate committee in March 2025, does not mandate consolidation but directs a study to inform future decisions. It directly affects school districts in multi-district counties and those with cross-county boundaries.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Current version · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renamed from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the House' and formally titled the 'Education Efficiency Act'. The most significant change is the reorganization of the task force membership, which now includes both chairmen and vice chairmen of multiple committees rather than just chairmen, and adds the Commissioner of Revenue as a new member. The act's effective date and implementation timeline remain unchanged.

Scope change

The task force composition was expanded to include additional committee leadership positions and a new revenue commissioner member, while the original Standing Commission on School District Efficiency members were removed from the list.

REQUIREMENT

Task force membership changed from single committee chairmen to include both chairmen and vice chairmen of House Education, Senate Education, House Accountability, Senate Accountability, House State Affairs, and House Appropriations committees

Commissioner of Revenue or appointee added as a new task force member

Three members of the Standing Commission on School District Efficiency removed from task force membership list

DEFINITION

Bill formally named the 'Education Efficiency Act' in Section 1

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes to section numbering and text spacing throughout the document

Floor votes · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

81–18

Passed · 20 other

Total votes 119

Feb 6, 2025

D Democratic39

12 Yea 14 Nay 13

35% Nay

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican78

67 Yea 4 Nay 7

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Referred To Education

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed As Amended

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Education

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors