Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 582
The Mississippi Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing and Retention Grant Program; establish to address teacher shortage.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-159-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TEACHER CREDENTIALING AND RETENTION GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO ASSISTANT TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPLOYMENT AS LICENSED TEACHERS IN GEOGRAPHICAL CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE AREAS AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE MISSISSIPPI TEACHER CENTER TO IDENTIFY, RECRUIT AND PLACE TEACHER EDUCATION GRADUATES IN GEOGRAPHICAL CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE AREAS; TO REQUIRE ASSISTANT TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM WITH A BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE TO COMMIT TO TEACHING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A GEOGRAPHICAL CRITICAL TEACHER SHORTAGE AREA FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS AFTER COMPLETION; TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT FAIL TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM OR COMPLY WITH EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THE SUM OF ALL AWARDS RECEIVED UNDER THE PROGRAMS, PLUS INTEREST ACCRUING AT THE CURRENT STAFFORD LOAN RATE; TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THESE PROGRAMS UNTIL JULY 1, 2024; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 16 to February 5, 2019, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 5 · stopped20 days
EducationJan 16 to Feb 5 · stopped20 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.