l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 418

Department of Education; require to provide monthly report of expenditures of public funds.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-1-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE REPORTING OF ALL EXPENDITURES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MADE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE PUBLIC FUNDS; TO REQUIRE THE REPORTS TO BE MADE ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE STATE AUDITOR, WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INSPECT SUCH EXPENDITURES AT ANY TIME DEEMED NECESSARY, AND TO THE CHAIRMEN OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED ON THE LAST OFFICIAL BUSINESS DAY OF EACH MONTH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXPENDITURE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE CURRENT MONTH'S EXPENDITURES AND AN AGGREGATE OF EXPENDITURES MADE TO DATE FOR THE CURRENT REPORTING FISCAL YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-97, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND THE OFFICE OF ACCOUNTING WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP THE PROCESS BY WHICH MONTHLY REPORTING IS TO BE CONDUCTED; TO STIPULATE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

February 3 to March 3, 2020, 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 RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 days

EducationFeb 3 to Mar 3 · stopped29 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 House of Representatives Feb 3 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published