Bill Text: MS SB2880 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriation; Mississippi Adequate Education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-28 - Died In Committee [SB2880 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2880-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Bryan
Senate Bill 2880
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2013.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013..................
...............................................$ 2,083,455,798.00.
SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013...........................$ 257,822,038.00.
SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Two Hundred Seven Million Eight Hundred Twenty-two Thousand Thirty-eight Dollars ($207,822,038.00), shall be derived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Education Enhancement Fund pursuant to Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 4. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided in this act shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:
FY2013
Performance Measures Target
Basic Program
Percentage of students scoring basic and
above on the MS Curriculum Test in grades 2-8
in reading, language and math (%) 86.60
Percentage of students achieving the passing
score on the History Test (%) 94.30
Percentage of students achieving the passing
score on the Biology test (%) 72.00
Percentage of students achieving the passing
score on the Algebra test (%) 76.00
Provide 100% Funding of the Base Student Cost 100.00
A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2013.
SECTION 5. Of the funds provided in this act for the purpose of funding the Mississippi Adequate Education Program as determined under Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, the base student cost in Fiscal Year 2013 shall be Five Thousand Seventeen Dollars Ninety-four Cents ($5,017.94).
SECTION 6. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, an amount not more than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) shall be derived from the Interim School District Capital Expenditure Fund for the benefit of the school districts as authorized in Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 37-151-7(5).
SECTION 7. The public school districts of the state are authorized at their discretion to pay with local funds one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the health insurance premiums of the State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan for all retired members of the Public Employees' Retirement System who are employed as school bus drivers by the school districts. It is the intention of the Legislature that no state funds shall be used for this purpose.
SECTION 8. It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Board of Education shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated in this act and that those records shall be in the same format and level of details as maintained for Fiscal Year 2012. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the budget requests for Fiscal Year 2014 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2013 budget request process for each agency and institution appropriated funds within the provisions of this act.
SECTION 9. The money appropriated in this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
