Statewide Student Assessment Program; exempt test security plans for public records disclosure.
HB 1139 would exempt local school districts' test security plans for Mississippi's statewide student assessments from public disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act. This means documents protecting exam integrity (like question banks or administration protocols) would no longer be subject to public record requests. The bill specifically targets security plans for the state's standardized testing program, directly affecting school districts managing these assessments. However, the bill died in committee on March 4, 2025, and did not become law.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2025
Last action Mar 4, 2025
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MINOR
This bill adds a new exemption from Mississippi's Public Records Act for local school district test security plans used in the Statewide Assessment Program. Previously, only test questions and answers were exempt, but now the entire security plan documents are protected from public disclosure. This change expands privacy protections for student assessment security measures.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of exempted documents from just test questions and answers to include the full test security plans used by local school districts for administering state assessments.
SCOPE
Added exemption for local school district Test Security Plans for the Statewide Assessment Program, which were not previously covered under the public records exemption.
ENFORCEMENT
Reorganized the statutory language and formatting of the Mississippi Code section, though the substantive content remained largely the same.
TECHNICAL
Changed document formatting and markup from the original introduction version to reflect the bill as passed by the House.
Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2025
How they voted
117–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 119
Feb 10, 2025
D
Democratic39
100% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican78
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred To Education
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kent McCarty
RRepublican
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