l9n/ Mississippi

2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2244

Student transfers; provide funding to district for receiving student from district rated "F" last 2 consecutive school years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCEPTING A TRANSFER STUDENT UNDER SECTION 37-15-31 FROM A DISTRICT RATED IN THE LAST TWO CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL YEARS AS AN "F" UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL SHALL RECEIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL FUNDING FORMULA AMOUNT FOR EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT AND THE AVERAGE PER-PUPIL COST OF THE RECEIVING DISTRICT FOR A COMPARABLE STUDENT; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS ACT; 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

January 14 to February 3, 2026, 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 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 days

EducationJan 14 to Feb 3 · stopped20 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 14 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published