Mississippi Senate Bill 2341 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 37-9-33 And 37-9-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Statutory Limitation On The Salary Of Local School Superintendents; To Amend Section 37-61-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Limitation On Budgeted School District Expenditures For Administration; To Direct The State Department Of Education To Withhold Mississippi Adequate Education Program Funds From Any School District By An Amount Equal To The Expenditure Of Funds For Administrative Costs In Excess Of The Statutory Limitation; To Amend Section 37-3-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Salary Of The State Superintendent Of Public Education Shall Be Set By The State Board Of Education Subject To The Approval Of The State Personnel Board And Subject To A Maximum Amount; To Amend Section 37-101-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Salary Of The Commissioner Of Higher Education Shall Be Set By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Subject To A Maximum Amount; And For Related Purposes.

Statutory limitation on school district expenditures for administration; withhold MAEP funds for overspending & cap salaries.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/SB/SB2341.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2341IN.htm