Mississippi House Bill 361 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

An Act To Amend Section 37-17-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Superintendent For The Mississippi Achievement School District Shall Require An Accounting Of All Local Ad Valorem Payments And State Funds Received By The Mississippi Achievement School District From The Local County Tax Collector And State Department Of Education; To Require The Funds To Be Deposited Into The Account Of The Mississippi Achievement School District To The Credit Of The School Or School District For Which The Payments Were Deposited, And Segregated Using Appropriate Accounting Code Identifiers For The Absorbed Schools; To Stipulate That The Deposited Monies Shall Only Be Expended For Support And Maintenance And The Educational Benefit Of The Students Enrolled In The Schools Of The School District Absorbed In The Mississippi Achievement School District; To Amend Section 37-9-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Employees Of A School District Absorbed Into The Mississippi Achievement School District To Be Paid At The Same Frequency As They Were Paid Under The Policy Of The Local School Board Before Being Absorbed Into The Mississippi Achievement School District; And For Related Purposes.

MS Achievement School District; specify use of funds for the benefit of local school district of funds' origin.

Rep. Rufus Straughter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	17	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
37	9	39	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0361.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0361IN.htm