l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2170

Tuition assistance programs; create for active members of Mississippi National Guard and spouses.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM FOR SPOUSES OF ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD; TO PROVIDE THAT WAIVERS EQUAL TO 50% OF THE COST OF TUITION MAY BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE SPOUSES WHO ARE STUDENTS AT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING OR PUBLIC COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING SHALL BE THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY FOR THE PROGRAM; TO CREATE A TUITION STABILIZATION PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD; TO PROVIDE THAT ELIGIBLE GUARD MEMBERS MAY RECEIVE ANNUAL TUITION ASSISTANCE IN FURTHERANCE OF AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING SHALL BE THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY FOR THE PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 17 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days

Universities and CollegesJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 19

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate