Mississippi Senate Bill 2285 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Scholarships For Students With Disabilities Program; To Provide Scholarship Vouchers For The Option Of Students With Disabilities To Attend A Public School Other Than The One To Which Assigned Or To Attend A Qualified Private School Of Choice; To Provide Eligibility Standards For The Scholarship Program; To Prescribe The Obligations Of The State Department Of Education And The Local School District In Which The Student Resides; To Provide Eligibility Standards For Private Schools; To Provide The Obligations Of Program Participants; To Provide For Scholarship Funding And Payment; To Waive Liability On The Part Of The State Or Local School District For Participation In The Program; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Rules To Administer The Program; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; establish.

Sen. Eugene Clarke [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-10		Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/SB/SB2285.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2285IN.htm