l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2695

Higher Education Legislative Plan; revise eligibility and repeal MTAG and Eminent Scholars Grant Program.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 37-106-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE MISSISSIPPI RESIDENT TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM AND TO REPEAL SECTION 37-106-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE MISSISSIPPI EMINENT SCHOLARS GRANT PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 37-106-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A STUDENT TO OBTAIN A MINIMUM CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.0 CALCULATED ON A 4.0 SCALE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM; TO INCREASE THE INCOME THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATIVE PLAN GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE STATE SHALL PAY 100% OF THE TUITION OF STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILY HAS AN ANNUAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME OF $30,000.00 OR LESS; TO PROVIDE THAT, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE STATE SHALL PAY 50% OF THE TUITION OF STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILY HAS AN ANNUAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME OF MORE THAN $30,000.00 BUT LESS THAN $45,000.00; TO PROVIDE THAT, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, THE STATE SHALL PAY 25% OF THE TUITION OF STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILY HAS AN ANNUAL ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME OF LESS THAN $55,000.00, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate