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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2716

Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance; establish priority of funding for certain programs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 9, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-106-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE FUNDING OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE GRANT PROGRAM, MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM AND MISSISSIPPI EMINENT SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH ONE APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND ONE APPROPRIATION TO THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019; TO PROVIDE THAT AWARD OFFERS ON STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SHALL REQUIRE A COMMITMENT TO FUND SUCH OFFERS FOR THE FULL ACADEMIC YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 37-106-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR PRIORITY FUNDING FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE GRANT PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-106-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT MID-YEAR REDUCTION OR PRORATION OF AWARDS UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE GRANT 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 16 to February 9, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 9 · stopped24 days

AppropriationsJan 16 to Jan 2610 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 9Died On CalendarSenate