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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2579

"Mississippi Opportunity Scholarship Act of 2017"; establish.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ACT OF 2017"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM UNDER WHICH LOW-INCOME AND MIDDLE-INCOME STUDENTS IN PERSISTENTLY LOWEST ACHIEVING SCHOOLS AND ANY STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY MAY USE THE STATE PAYMENTS TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY TUITION TO ATTEND A NONRESIDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A PARTICIPATING NONPUBLIC SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE FOR A THREE-YEAR PHASE-IN OF THIS OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR THE RECEIPT AND CALCULATION OF SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS; TO ESTABLISH AN OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PHASED-IN REDUCTION OF ADEQUATE EDUCATION FUND PAYMENTS IN RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AMOUNT OF SUCH SCHOLARSHIP PAYMENTS; TO ESTABLISH AND EMPOWER AN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY BOARD WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR AN OPTIONAL LOCAL TUITION GRANT PROGRAM FOR SUCH STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR A MIDDLE-INCOME SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE LIMITATIONS AND REQUIRE ANNUAL REPORTING; 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 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate