l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2831

Home-based educational technology school readiness skills program for preschool children (Mississippi Upstart); authorize.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONTRACT WITH A SOLE SOURCE VENDOR FOR A HOME-BASED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOOL READINESS SKILLS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN TO BE NAMED THE "MISSISSIPPI UPSTART" PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI UPSTART PROGRAM UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FAMILY PARTICIPATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI UPSTART PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PROGRAM THROUGH COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACTS; TO PROVIDE FOR AUDIT OF THE PROGRAM AND REPORTS; TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNDER CERTAIN STANDARDS AND RECOGNITION AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE 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 1, 2011, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 17 to Jan 2710 days

AppropriationsJan 27 to Feb 1 · stopped5 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 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 27Reported as a committee substitute from ED to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 27DR - TSDPCS: ED To APSenate
  3. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate