Mississippi House Bill 167 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The State Department Of Education To Conduct A Feasibility Study Of School District Spending And Financial Efficiency, Through Which It Shall Identify School Districts And Individual Schools That Use Resource Allocation Practices That Contribute To High Academic Achievement And Cost-effective Operations; To Provide That The Study Focus On Methods To Assist School Districts And Schools In Eliminating Top-end Costs To Optimize Efficiency In Administrative And Operational Functions Of District And School Therein, And Implementing New Standards To Be Adhered To By School Districts To Promote Grade Level Proficiency; To Require The Department To Develop A Review Process To Anticipate The Future Financial Solvency Of Each School District; To Require The Department To Develop An Electronic-based Program For School Districts To Use In Submitting Information To The Department; To Provide That The State Board Of Education Shall Adopt Rules Under This Subsection To Allow A District To Enter Estimates Of Critical Data Into The Program Before The District Adopts Its Budget; To Require Districts To Provide Interim Financial Reports To The Department If The Review Process Indicates A Projected Deficit For A School District General Fund Within The Following Three School Years; And For Related Purposes.

School district efficiency; conduct feasibility study on the administration of.

Rep. Charles Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0167.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0167IN.htm