Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2528
Reconnect Grant Program; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE "MISSISSIPPI RECONNECT ACT"; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT; TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT; TO ESTABLISH EVENTS THAT END A STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A GRANT UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS FOR INSTANCES INVOLVING MAJOR MEDICAL LEAVE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE AUDITOR TO REVIEW AND STUDY THE PROGRAM EVERY FOUR YEARS TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS; TO PROVIDE AWARDS FOR NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS; 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Universities and CollegesJan 20 to Feb 314 days
AppropriationsFeb 3 to Feb 4 · stopped1 day
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 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
- Feb 3Reported as a committee substitute from UC to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 3DR - TSDPCS: UC To APSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate