Mississippi Senate Bill 2685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Year-round School Grant Program; To Provide The Legislative Intent Of The Program; To Provide Grant Awards To Public School Districts To Incentivize The Adoption Of A Modified School Calendar And To Offset Costs Associated With Adopting A Modified School Calendar; To Require The Schools To Use The Funds Provided In A Way That Best Facilitates Their Plan To Transition To A Modified School Calendar And Maximize Student Achievement; To Set Responsibilities Of The Department Of Education In Administering The Grant Program; To Set The Eligibility For Grant Funds To Be Based On School Districts' Average Daily Membership; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The Mississippi Year-round School Grant Program; To Require The Department To Provide A Comprehensive Report On The Use Of Funds Distributed And The Effectiveness Of Modified Calendar School Districts To The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker Of The House Of Representatives, And Chairs Of The Senate And House Appropriations And Education Committees By October 1, 2022; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Year Round School Grant Program.

Sen. Dennis DeBar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-02-01	Senate	DR - TSDPCS: AP To ED
2022-01-26	Senate	DR - TSDP: ED To AP
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2685.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2685IN.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/ham/SB2685_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm