Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 25, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2789
Tax Credit Scholarship Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT QUALIFYING STUDENTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO USE A SCHOLARSHIP FROM CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS TO COVER ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES; TO PROVIDE FOR A TAX CREDIT NOT TO EXCEED 50% OF THE TAXPAYERS TAX LIABILITY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS; TO STIPULATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS ACCEPTING STUDENTS FOR ENROLLMENT WHO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATIONS ADMINISTERING TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON THE TAX CREDITS ALLOWED UNDER THIS ACT; TO ALLOW PARENTS TO REQUEST AN ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED; TO PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WITH REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH ADMIT STUDENTS RECEIVING TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NOT AGENTS OF THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AMOUNTS RECEIVED AS FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPS TO PAY EDUCATIONAL EXPENSE SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME; 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 19 to February 25, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 25 · stopped37 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 25 · stopped37 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.