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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 586

M.T.A.G. and Eminent Scholars Grant Programs; increase tuition amounts available under.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-106-29 AND 37-106-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE TUITION AMOUNTS AVAILABLE UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANT (M.T.A.G.) PROGRAM AND THE MISSISSIPPI EMINENT SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT QUALIFIED STUDENTS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM A MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT EQUAL TO 100% OF THE COST OF TUITION AND FEES FOR THE STUDENT'S JUNIOR YEAR AT A MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY; TO CLARIFY THAT STUDENTS COMPLETING ACCREDITED HOME SCHOOL PROGRAMS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANT OR A MISSISSIPPI EMINENT SCHOLARS GRANT; 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 House of Representatives

8 co-sponsors

Noal Akins, Kimberly Campbell Buck, Linda F. Coleman, Frances Fredericks, Jack Gadd, John W. Hines, Sr., Robert L. Johnson III, Percy W. Watson

Its course

January 13 to February 3, 2009, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 days

Universities and CollegesJan 13 to Feb 3 · stopped21 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 House of Representatives Jan 13 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives