Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2692
Equity in Distance Learning Act; revise and update provisions related thereto.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-68-3, 37-68-5, 37-68-7, 37-68-9, 37-68-11, 37-68-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE EQUITY IN DISTANCE LEARNING ACT, TO UPDATE AND REVISE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; TO REVISE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS, SCHOOLS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE MATCHING FUNDS TO REPLACE PERSONAL LEARNING DEVICES WHICH HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE AND TO PAY FOR NECESSARY SOFTWARE; TO SET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO GRANT APPLICATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOLS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO USE ONE-TIME FEDERAL FUNDS, WHERE AVAILABLE, AS THE MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT THE PURCHASES UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM FROM CERTAIN BIDDING REQUIREMENTS; TO REPEAL SECTION 37-68-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE A REPORT BY OCTOBER 1, 2020; 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
February 19 to March 5, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
AppropriationsFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate