Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create.

HB 231, the "Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act," creates an Office of Dropout Prevention within Mississippi's State Department of Education to coordinate statewide efforts reducing high school dropouts and increasing graduation rates. The bill requires local school districts to develop student graduation and completion plans, notify parents when a student drops out, and adopt evidence-based strategies for re-engaging students who have left school. It also establishes a grant program to fund re-engagement services for disconnected students and mandates the Office to compile research on effective prevention methods for reporting to the legislature. The legislation directly affects school districts, students at risk of dropping out, and re-engagement service providers across Mississippi.