Mississippi Senate Bill 2488 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act; To Require The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Administer The Mississippi Promise Scholarship Program For Residents Of This State Seeking An Associate's Degree, Certificate Or Diploma From An Eligible Postsecondary Institution; To Set The Eligibility Standards; To Require Scholarship Recipients To Participate In Mentoring And Community Service Programs; To Require The Board To Develop The Selection And Renewal Criteria For Students And Shall Have The Authority To Work With Outside Organizations To Develop The Most Effective Means For Delivering The Scholarships; To Provide That Mississippi Promise Scholarship At A Mississippi Public Two Year Postsecondary Institution Shall Be The Cost Of Tuition And Mandatory Fees At The Eligible Postsecondary Institution Attended Less All Other Gift Aid; To Require The Board, Mississippi Department Of Education, Mississippi Community College Board And Mississippi Institutions Of Higher Learning To Provide Assistance To The Legislature By Researching And Analyzing Data Concerning The Scholarship Program Created Under This Part, Including, But Not Limited To, Student Success And Scholarship Retention; To Provide That The "mississippi Promise Scholarship Program Fund," Shall Be Created As A Special Fund In The State Treasury From Which The Grants Authorized By This Act Shall Be Disbursed By The Office; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act; enact and provide certain provisions of.

Sen. Rita Potts Parks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2488.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2488IN.htm