Mississippi Senate Bill 2706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (mhope) Scholarship Program For Community And Junior Students In Mississippi; To Define Certain Terms Used In The Act; To Prescribe The Mhope Grant Eligibility Requirements For Students At Public Community And Junior Colleges In Mississippi; To Describe Certain Students Who Are Ineligible For Mhope Grants; To Specify That Mhope Grants May Be Applied Only To Tuition And Fees Not Covered By A Federal Grant; To Authorize The Mississippi Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Promulgate Rules And Regulations Governing The Mhope Program; To Provide That The Mhope Program May Be Funded From The Amounts Allocated To Community And Junior College Athletic Programs; To Provide That Community And Junior College Athletic Programs Shall Be Funded From Nonpublic Sources From And After July 1, 2022; To Provide For A Phaseout Of State General Fund Support For Community College Athletic Programs And To Prohibit The Use Of State Appropriations For Community And Junior College Athletic Programs From And After July 1, 2022; To Amend Section 37-29-429, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Career and Technical Education Grant Program; to provide financial assistance to community/junior college students.

Sen. Walter Michel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2706.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2706IN.htm