Mississippi House Bill 189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Education To Determine The Amount Of Adequate Education Program Funds To Be Allocated To School Districts To Be Expended Exclusively For The Purchase Of Textbooks To Be Used In The Instruction Of Each Educable Student Enrolled And For Whom Base Student Allocations Payments Are Made; To Require Each Local School District To Use The Funds To Purchase All Textbooks Required To Meet The Standards Of The Curriculum Adopted By The Local School Board In Manual Or Electronic Medium; To Amend Section 37-43-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provision; To Bring Forward Sections 37-43-1 And 37-61-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

School textbooks; require school district to use portion of MAEP allocation for purchase of.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-13	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0189.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0189IN.htm