Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2685
Mississippi Year Round School Grant Program.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE GRANT AWARDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO INCENTIVIZE THE ADOPTION OF A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR AND TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADOPTING A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOLS TO USE THE FUNDS PROVIDED IN A WAY THAT BEST FACILITATES THEIR PLAN TO TRANSITION TO A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR AND MAXIMIZE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT; TO SET RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN ADMINISTERING THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO SET THE ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT FUNDS TO BE BASED ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS' AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MISSISSIPPI YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE USE OF FUNDS DISTRIBUTED AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MODIFIED CALENDAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND EDUCATION COMMITTEES BY OCTOBER 1, 2022; 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
Sponsor
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 action4 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 17 to Jan 269 days
AppropriationsJan 26 to Feb 16 days
EducationFeb 1 to Feb 1 · stopped0 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentPending
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.