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 2621
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI DYSLEXIA EDUCATION FUNDING ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI RURAL SCHOOLS FUNDING GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING DYSLEXIA THERAPY TO AID STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA AS WELL AS TO FUND DYSLEXIA THERAPISTS OR SUPPORT STAFF IN SCHOOLS; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL RECEIVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REMAINING FUNDS IN THE GRANT PROGRAM SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED UPON APPLICATION; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO CREATE THE DYSLEXIA EDUCATION FUND AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES APPROPRIATED OUT OF THE FUND MAY BE USED TO REIMBURSE ACTUAL OVERSIGHT COSTS UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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.
In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate