Bill Text: MS HB897 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriation; Jackson Public School District for increased mental health services for students throughout district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-27 - Died In Committee [HB897 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-HB897-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Appropriations A
By: Representative Bell (65th)
House Bill 897
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Public School District for the purpose of paying costs associated with increasing mental health services available to students throughout the district, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025............ $ 5,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue the warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
