Mississippi House Bill 1360 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For A Salary Supplement Incentive In The Amount Of $4,000.00 For Certain School Teachers Who Teach In The Critical Subject Areas Of Mathematics, Science, Special Education And History; To Prescribe That Funds For The Supplement Shall Be Derived From Any Remaining Funds From The Teacher Educator Scholars Forgivable Loan Program; To Prescribe The Manner By Which The Salary Supplement Shall Be Awarded; To Provide That The Number Of All Salary Supplements Shall Be Contingent Upon The Amount Of Funds Remaining To Be Used For Such Purposes And Shall Be Issued On A First Come, First Serve Basis; To Amend Section 37-106-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-106-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify The Critical Subject Areas For Which A Student May Receive Financial Assistance Under The Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; To Bring Forward Section 37-3-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher shortage salary incentive; provide for areas who have critical subject area teacher shortages.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Kevin Ford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1360.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1360IN.htm