MS SB2579 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act Entitled The "mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act Of 2017"; To Provide Definitions; To Provide An Opportunity Scholarship Program Under Which Low-income And Middle-income Students In Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools And Any Student With A Disability May Use The State Payments To Their Home School District To Pay Tuition To Attend A Nonresident Public School Or A Participating Nonpublic School; To Provide For A Three-year Phase-in Of This Opportunity Scholarship Program; To Provide Standards For The Receipt And Calculation Of Such Scholarships; To Establish An Opportunity Scholarship Fund; To Provide For The Phased-in Reduction Of Adequate Education Fund Payments In Resident School Districts In The Amount Of Such Scholarship Payments; To Establish And Empower An Education Opportunity Board Within The State Department Of Education To Administer The Opportunity Scholarship Program; To Provide For An Optional Local Tuition Grant Program For Such Students; To Provide For A Middle-income Scholarship Program; To Prescribe Limitations And Require Annual Reporting; And For Related Purposes.
Title
"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2017"; establish.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-01-31 | Senate | Died In Committee |
2017-01-16 | Senate | Referred To Education;Appropriations |
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2579.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2579IN.htm |