Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1234: School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2026
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD FOR MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE PARENTS WITH CRITICAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR; TO SPECIFY THE TIMELINE BY WHICH THE INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT UPDATES TO THE DASHBOARD ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED; TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT A ONE-YEAR PERIOD TO IDENTIFY ANY RELEVANT DATA NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT SAID DATA IS AND INCLUDE IT IN THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD TO BE COMPILED INTO AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE, USER-FRIENDLY SINGLE-PAGE GRAPHIC AND PUBLISHED ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE GUIDANCE AND THE STANDARDIZED DASHBOARD TEMPLATE TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY AUGUST 1, 2026; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM AND PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM DATA METRICS TO BE INCLUDED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6 AND 37-17-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to establish a school accountability dashboard for mississippi public schools to promote transparency and provide parents with critical student performance data; to require school districts to publish the school accountability dashboard beginning with the 2026-2027 academic school year; to specify the timeline by which the initial and subsequent updates to the dashboard are required to be published…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD FOR MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE PARENTS WITH CRITICAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR; TO SPECIFY THE TIMELINE BY WHICH THE INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT UPDATES TO THE DASHBOARD ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED; TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT A ONE-YEAR PERIOD TO IDENTIFY ANY RELEVANT DATA NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT SAID DATA IS AND INCLUDE IT IN THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD TO BE COMPILED INTO AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE, USER-FRIENDLY SINGLE-PAGE GRAPHIC AND PUBLISHED ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE GUIDANCE AND THE STANDARDIZED DASHBOARD TEMPLATE TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY AUGUST 1, 2026; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM AND PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM DATA METRICS TO BE INCLUDED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6 AND 37-17-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall be known as the "Mississippi School Accountability Dashboard Act". SECTION 2. The …
Sponsors
- Grady, Zachary (R, 115) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Education
- : Transmitted To Senate
- : Passed As Amended
- : Amended
- : Committee Substitute Adopted
- : Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
- : Referred To Education
Votes
- Passed As Amended (February 11, 2026): 114 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: School Accountability Dashboard Act
Common questions
- What is HB1234?
- HB1234 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2026 Regular Session): School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.
- What does HB1234 do?
- In its own words: An act to establish a school accountability dashboard for mississippi public schools to promote transparency and provide parents with critical student performance data; to require school districts to publish the school accountability dashboard beginning with the 2026-2027 academic school year; to specify the timeline by which the initial and subsequent updates to the dashboard are required to be published…
- What is the status of HB1234?
- Failed as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: Died In Committee (March 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1234?
- Grady, Zachary (R, 115).
- Where is the official record for HB1234?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1234.xml
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