Mississippi Senate Bill 2639 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish A Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program To Be Administered By The State Department Of Education; To Define Eligibility For The Program; To Provide That Participating Families Receive 90% Of The Base Student Cost Allocation Under The Mississippi Adequate Education Formula; To Prescribe The Authorized Educational Expenditures For Education Savings Scholarship Account Funds Which Shall Include Private School Tuition, Books Online Learning Programs And Postsecondary Expenses; To Provide For The Transfer Of Adequate Education Funds By The State Department Of Education To The State Treasurer To Be Deposited Into Individual Student Education Savings Scholarship Accounts And To Establish Funds For That Purpose; To Provide For The Transfer Of A Pro Rata Amount Of Local School District Taxes Into Individual Student Education Savings Scholarship Accounts By The Local School District; To Amend Sections 37-13-91 And 27-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Education Savings Scholarship Accounts Program; establish.

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Sen. Melanie Sojourner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2639.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2639IN.htm