l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2545

Community/Junior College Grant Program; establish to provide financial aid to community/junior college students.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN MISSISSIPPI; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE ACT; TO PRESCRIBE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS AT PUBLIC COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI TO RECEIVE GRANTS; TO SPECIFY THAT SUCH 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 GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM MAY BE FUNDED FROM THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GRANT PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD AND THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES; 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 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 18 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate