l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2706

Career and Technical Education Grant Program; to provide financial assistance to community/junior college students.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HELPING OUTSTANDING PUPILS EDUCATIONALLY (MHOPE) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR STUDENTS IN MISSISSIPPI; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO PRESCRIBE THE MHOPE GRANT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS AT PUBLIC COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI; TO DESCRIBE CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO ARE INELIGIBLE FOR MHOPE GRANTS; TO SPECIFY THAT MHOPE GRANTS MAY BE APPLIED ONLY TO TUITION AND FEES NOT COVERED BY A FEDERAL GRANT; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BOARD TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MHOPE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MHOPE PROGRAM MAY BE FUNDED FROM THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS SHALL BE FUNDED FROM NONPUBLIC SOURCES FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2022; TO PROVIDE FOR A PHASEOUT OF STATE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2022; TO AMEND SECTION 37-29-429, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 January 30, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate