Bill Text: MS SB2060 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Funding for universities and community colleges; restrict remedial courses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [SB2060 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2060-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Collins
Senate Bill 2060
AN ACT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND EFFICIENCY, TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS ON STATE FUNDING OF ACADEMIC REMEDIAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ATTENDING STATE-SUPPORTED UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE WITHHOLDING AND TRANSFER OF ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDS TO UNIVERSITIES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES PROVIDING SUCH REMEDIAL EDUCATION COURSES; TO PROVIDE FOR REPORTING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) Beginning with undergraduate students who commence undergraduate studies in the 2013-2014 academic year, no state-supported institution of higher learning or community college shall receive any state funding for any academic remedial or developmental courses for undergraduate students, including courses prescribed in the Mississippi core curriculum for high school graduation under state accreditation regulations, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, each state institution of higher learning shall report to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning the high school and school district from which each student who receives academic remedial education in the preceding semester of study and the cost to the institution for providing that education. In like manner, each public community college shall report to the Mississippi Community College Board the high school and school district from which each student who receives academic remedial education in the preceding semester of study and the cost to the community college for providing that education. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board shall develop a report regarding the total cost for remedial education for all students served in the preceding semester, submit a statement for cost reimbursement to the State Department of Education not later than one (1) month following the end of the preceding semester, and shall forward the report to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Universities and Colleges Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. The State Department of Education shall reimburse the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board, as the case may be, for the cost for remedial education for all students served in the preceding semester and shall withhold a pro rata amount from the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) distribution to the applicable school district in order to reimburse the applicable university or community college for the cost of such remedial education. The State Department of Education shall transfer the amounts withheld from adequate education program distributions to the applicable entity not later than one (1) month from the date such funds are withheld. The State Department of Education shall include a recap of such transfers on its official website and on the school districts annual report card.
(3) Each state university and public community college may continue to offer academic remedial and developmental courses at its main campus beyond the extent for which state funding may be paid under this section. However, the university or community college shall not receive any state operating funding for such courses except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Each state university and public community college shall grant credit for academic remedial or developmental courses successfully completed at a nonpublic community college or nonpublic university pursuant to any applicable articulation and transfer agreements the university or community college has entered into in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the Mississippi Community College Board, as the case may be.
(5) The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board shall do all of the following:
(a) Adopt uniform statewide standards for academic remedial and developmental courses offered by all state institutions of higher learning and community colleges;
(b) Encourage and assist in the design and establishment of academic remedial and developmental courses by institutions of higher learning and community colleges; and
(c) Encourage and assist in the development of articulation and transfer agreements between state universities, other institutions of higher education, public community colleges and other nonpublic community colleges.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
