Mississippi House Bill 1571 (Adjourned Sine Die)

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Completed Legislative Action
February 5 2013 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Upstart Project To Serve As A Home-based Educational Technology Program To Develop School Readiness Skills In Preschool Children; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Contract With A Not-for-profit Organization For Purposes Of Delivering The Program To Preschool Children; To Prescribe The Responsibilities And Duties Of The Provider For The Administration Of The Program; To Require That The Contract Provide For One Year Of Funding For The Program With An Option To Extend The Contract For Additional Years Or Expand The Program To A Greater Number Of Preschool Children; To Authorize A Local School District To Participate In Mississippi Upstart If The Local School Board Agrees To Work In Cooperation With The Contractor; To Authorize Family Participation In The Program And To Prescribe The Manner Of Soliciting Family Participation; To Authorize The State Board Of Education Or Participating Local School District To Purchase Certain Equipment And Services To Be Used In The Program; To Require An Annual Audit Of The Contractor's Use Of Funds For Mississippi Upstart; To Require The State Board Of Education To Make An Annual Legislative Report Before November 30 Each Year; To Provide That No State General Funds May Be Used To Carry Out The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Upstart Project; create home-based educational program to develop school readiness in preschoolers.

Rep Bain

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1571.xml
Text	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1571IN.htm