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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2343

Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility criteria.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCENTIVIZING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAINTAIN OR CONSIDER ADOPTING A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR BY OFFSETTING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADOPTING A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR THROUGH A TIME-LIMITED GRANT; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES TO GOVERN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT PROGRAM, INCLUDING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA; TO PROVIDE THAT GRANTS AWARDED SHALL BE USED FOR EXPENSES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE ADOPTION OF A MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A MAXIMUM AWARD OF $250,000.00 PER YEAR FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE YEARS; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE "MISSISSIPPI MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR GRANT FUND"; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE USE OF FUNDS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS GRANT PROGRAM 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, 2024, AND OCTOBER 1 OF EACH YEAR THEREAFTER; 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

February 8 to April 2, 2024, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Mar 728 days

EducationFeb 8 to Feb 2214 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 7 to Apr 2 · stopped26 days

EducationMar 11 to Apr 2 · stopped22 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 8 – Mar 7

  1. Feb 8Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Feb 22Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 7Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 8 – Apr 2

  1. Mar 8Sent to the House
  2. Mar 11Referred to the House committee on Education
  3. Apr 2Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Feb 22Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Mar 7PassedSenate
  4. Mar 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Mar 11Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  6. Apr 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives