Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2159
School districts; require Legislature's approval as condition for use of certain federal funds.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-61-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE ANNUALLY A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUDGET OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND TO THE GOVERNOR, DETAILING THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THROUGH WHICH IT RECEIVED OR EXPECTS TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE AMOUNTS RECEIVED OR EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED THEREUNDER IN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE, BEGINNING WITH THE 2026 REGULAR SESSION, THE SENATE AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES TO REVIEW EACH FEDERAL PROGRAM IDENTIFIED AND TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION DECLARING THEIR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS' USE OF SUCH FEDERAL FUNDS; TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL REFUSE RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ANY FEDERAL PROGRAM NOT APPROVED IN SUCH LEGISLATION; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS; 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 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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.