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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2427

Accelerate Mississippi Scholarship Program; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 CREATE THE ACCELERATE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL CONSIST OF THE ACCELERATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, THE ACCELERATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE ACCELERATE GRADUATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT DUAL CREDIT COURSES AT EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR JUNIOR COLLEGE SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE ACCELERATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO SET THE FUNDING REQUIREMENT OF EACH PROGRAM; TO ALLOW ALL ELIGIBLE PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND HOMESCHOOLED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE APPROVED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCELERATE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND THE ACCELERATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO BE DISPERSED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE BASIS WITH EACH STUDENT RECEIVING ENOUGH FUNDS TO PAY FOR AT LEAST ONE SEMESTER COURSE PER ACADEMIC YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE TRAINING COURSES AT EACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR JUNIOR COLLEGE SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE ACCELERATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, ANY UNEXPENDED FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE PROGRAMS SHALL NOT LAPSE INTO THE STATE GENERAL FUND BUT SHALL CARRY OVER AND BE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE IN THE SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR; TO ALLOW PARENTS OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS TO ENROLL THEIR CHILD IN ANY ELIGIBLE COURSE, WITH OR WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN WHICH THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACCELERATE GRADUATION COURSES FOR MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS SHALL BE FUNDED BY THE ACCELERATE GRADUATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM; TO SET THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-71-7 AND 37-71-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 17 to Jan 2710 days

AppropriationsJan 27 to Feb 1 · stopped5 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 27Reported from UC to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 27DR - TSDP: UC To APSenate
  3. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate