l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2623

Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program; revise.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 8, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-181-1 THROUGH 37-181-19, CODIFY SECTION 37-181-20 AND BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-181-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MISSISSIPPI STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ACT" PROVIDING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT (ESA) FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, TO REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL CHOICE WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER THE ESA PROGRAM, TO CLARIFY PARENTAL OBLIGATIONS TO QUALIFY ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FOR THE PROGRAM, TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORIZED USE OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN NORM-REFERENCED TESTS FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, TO REVISE THE LIMITATIONS ON ELIGIBLE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, TO CLARIFY ESA FUNDING AMOUNTS FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS, TO CLARIFY PROCEDURES FOR STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PROGRAM, TO REVISE LIMITS ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, TO CLARIFY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BY PARTICIPATING SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAM RULES ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL CHOICE WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADMINISTER THE ESA PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-151-5, 37-151-7 AND 37-151-101 AND TO CODIFY SECTION 37-151-86, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP ACCOUNT (ESA) PROGRAMS AS "ADD-ON PROGRAMS" FUNDED UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION FROM THE MAEP FUND TO THE SPECIAL ESA FUND; 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 15 to February 8, 2018, 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 15 to Feb 8 · stopped24 days

EducationJan 15 to Jan 3015 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 15 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 8Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 8Died On CalendarSenate