MS HB1175 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Create The "grow Your Own Teacher Education Act" For The Purpose Of Establishing A Statewide Pilot Initiative, To Prepare Highly Skilled, Committed Teachers Who Will Teach In Hard-to-staff Schools And Hard-to-staff Teaching Positions; To Define Terminology; To Provide That The Initiative Is Created To Be Administered As A Grant Competition To Fund Consortia That Will Carry Out Grow Your Own Teacher Preparation Programs; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, Subject To Appropriation, To Allocate Funds To Grow Your Own Mississippi For The Purpose Of Administering The Program And Awarding Grants To Qualified Consortia; To Prescribe The Criteria Necessary For A Consortia To Be Eligible For Receipt Of A Grant; To Require Each Consortia Offer A Teacher Academy Pathway Option As A Tool To Recruit Qualified, High-quality High School Students For The Teaching Profession, To Prescribe The Minimum Requirements And Standards Of Operations For A Teacher Academy Program; To Require Every Program Under The Initiative To Implement A Program Of Forgivable Loans To Cover Any Portion Of Tuition, Books And Fees Of Candidates That Exceed The Candidates' Grants-in-aid; To Provide That Loans Shall Be Fully Forgiven If A Graduate Completes Three Years Of Service In Hard-to-staff Schools Or Hard-to-staff Teaching Positions; To Permit Grow Your Own Mississippi To Award And Administer Planning Grants To Potential Consortia; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Contract For An Independent Evaluation Of Program Implementation By Each Participating Consortia And Of The Impact Of Each Program; To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Section 37-15-38, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

"Grow Your Own Teacher Education Act"; establish pilot program to promote and prepare teachers for the profession.

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History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-01HouseDied In Committee
2022-01-17HouseReferred To Education

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
371538New CodeSee Bill Text
371517Amended CodeSee Bill Text

Mississippi State Sources


Bill Comments

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