Mississippi Senate Bill 2159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 37-61-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Each School District Shall Provide Annually A Written Report To The Senate Appropriations Committee And House Appropriations Committee Responsible For The Budget Of The State Department Of Education, And To The Governor, Detailing The Federal Programs Through Which It Received Or Expects To Receive Federal Funds And The Amounts Received Or Expected To Be Received Thereunder In The Current School Year; To Require, Beginning With The 2026 Regular Session, The Senate And House Appropriations Committees To Review Each Federal Program Identified And To Introduce Legislation Declaring Their Approval Or Disapproval Of The School Districts' Use Of Such Federal Funds; To Provide That School Districts Shall Refuse Receipt Of Federal Funds For Any Federal Program Not Approved In Such Legislation; To Provide Exceptions; And For Related Purposes.

School districts; require Legislature's approval as condition for use of certain federal funds.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2159.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2159IN.htm