Mississippi House Bill 804 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 37-175-1, 37-175-3, 37-175-5 And 37-175-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Provisions Of The "mississippi Speech-language Therapy Scholarship For Students With Speech-language Impairments Program," To Clarify Defined Terms Used In The Act; To Remove The Requirement That The Scholarship Is Only Available To Students In Kindergarten Through Grade 6 Who Have Received An Eligibility Ruling Of Speech-language Impairment; To Allow Parents To Request A Scholarship For An Eligible Student To Attend A Nonpublic Speech-language Therapy And Intervention School; To Require The Parent To Gain Acceptance For Admission Into The Nonpublic Speech-language Therapy And Intervention School; To Require Parents To Request A Scholarship Within 30 Days Before The First Scholarship Payment Becomes Due; To Cap The Number Of New Enrollments Into The Scholarship Program At 20 Annually; To Bring Forward Sections 37-175-7, 37-175-9, 37-175-11, 37-175-15, 37-175-17, 37-175-19, 37-175-21, 37-175-23, 37-175-25, 37-175-27 And 37-175-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

"MS Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments Program"; clarify certain provision of for eligibility purposes.

Rep. Rob Roberson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-13	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0804.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0804IN.htm