Mississippi Senate Bill 2826 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-181-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Provision For Certain Limits On Tutor Services Reimbursement Under The Educational Scholarship Program; To Amend Section 37-181-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Eliminate The Lottery Method Of Selecting Participants In The Education Scholarship Program, And To Set Standards For Selecting Persons From The Waiting List; To Amend Section 37-181-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Education To Develop An Accountability System For The Education Scholarship Program, Report To The Legislature On The Possibility Of Reappropriating Unobligated Funds For The Program, And To Require The Department To Establish An Appeals Process For Persons Aggrieved By Certain Decisions Of The Department; To Amend Section 37-181-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Direct Payment Of Tuition To Schools, And To Require The Department Of Education To Apply Certain Standards To Tutors Who Provide Services To Esa Program Participants; And For Related Purposes.

Education Scholarship Account (ESA) Program; revise certain limits.

Sen. Videt Carmichael [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2826.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2826IN.htm