Mississippi House Bill 963 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (tanf) Benefits To Be Discontinued When The Parent Of A Compulsory-school-age Child In A Recipient Family Fails To Maintain Reasonable Parental Involvement In The Child's School; To Amend Section 41-86-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Benefits Under The State Child Health Plan To Be Discontinued When The Parent Of A Recipient Compulsory-school-age Child Fails To Maintain Reasonable Parental Involvement In The Child's School; To Amend Section 43-1-29.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Assistance Under The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (snap) To Be Discontinued When The Parent Of A Compulsory-school-age Child In A Recipient Family Fails To Maintain Reasonable Parental Involvement In The Child's School; And For Related Purposes.

Parental involvement in schools; discontinue benefits and public assistance to families failing to maintain.

Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Education;Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0963.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0963IN.htm