Mississippi House Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-19-10, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Performance-based Funding Program In Order To Provide Greater Funding To School Districts Evidencing The Greatest Levels Of Growth And Proficiency; To Prescribe The Factors To Be Used In Determining Growth Incentive Awards; To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Maep Formula To Reflect The Funding Mechanism To Be Used In Determining The Base Student Cost And The Base Program Cost For Calculating Allocation To School Districts Evidencing The Greatest Levels Of Growth And Proficiency; To Provide That Beginning With Fiscal Year 2018, The Base Student Cost Shall Be Used In Calculating The Award Amount Under The School District Recognition Program In Addition To The Weighted Formula Developed By The State Department Of Education To Award Funding Points To Districts For Students Determined To Be Most At Risk Who Evidence Greatest Level Of Academic Growth And Proficiency; And For Related Purposes.

Performance-based funding; revise manner of funding school districts based on student performance and revisions to base student cost under MAEP.

Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Rep. Jay Hughes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-03	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0154.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0154IN.htm