Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2117
Mississippi Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP VOUCHERS FOR THE OPTION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO ATTEND A PUBLIC SCHOOL OTHER THAN THE ONE TO WHICH ASSIGNED OR TO ATTEND A QUALIFIED PRIVATE SCHOOL OF CHOICE; TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE STUDENT RESIDES; TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS; TO PROVIDE THE OBLIGATIONS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS; TO PROVIDE FOR SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING AND PAYMENT; TO WAIVE LIABILITY ON THE PART OF THE STATE OR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES TO ADMINISTER 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 6 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 SenateJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days
EducationJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 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 6 – Feb 3
- Jan 6Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 6Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate