l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 1090

Foster and adopted children; provide tuition waiver for attendance at public postsecondary institutions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO WAIVE TUITION AND MANDATORY STUDENT FEES FOR ANY UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ANY MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION FOR A MISSISSIPPI FOSTER OR ADOPTED CHILD; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE A WAIVER; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES TO CONFIRM THE APPLYING STUDENTS' ELIGIBILITY STATUS UPON REQUEST OF THE POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION; TO REQUIRE THE STUDENT TO COMPLETE THE FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF NEED AND ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT A STUDENT'S WAIVER SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE TOTAL COST OF ATTENDANCE WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; TO STIPULATE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI POSTSECONDARY STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BOARD TO REPORT DATA ON GRADUATION RATES OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM BY NOVEMBER 30 EACH YEAR TO PEER; 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

January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

AppropriationsJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives