Mississippi House Bill 1018 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "special Education Improvement Act Of 2016"; To Require Funding For Special Education To Be Appropriated To The State Board Of Education As A Separate Line Item In The K-12 Education General Support Appropriations Bill; To Prescribe A Formula For Determining Allocations Of Special Education Funds To The Local School Districts; To Require The State Department Of Education To Employ A Coordinator Of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services; To Establish The Children With Special Needs Fund, To Be Administered By The State Department Of Health, For The Purpose Of Providing Financial Assistance To Families Of Children With Special Needs; To Describe The Services And Equipment For Which Funds May Be Used; To Establish Eligibility Criteria For Applicants For Funds; To Require The State Department Of Health To Develop Guidelines Concerning Applications For Assistance From The Fund; To Require The State Auditor To Oversee The Fund's Operations And To Annually Report To The Legislature On The Fund's Activities; To Amend Sections 37-151-5, 37-151-7 And 37-151-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove Special Education Programs From The Add-on Program Costs Included In Appropriations Under The Mississippi Adequate Education Program; And For Related Purposes.

Special Education Improvement Act of 2016; create to improve services and provide funding for same to certain families.

Rep. Nick Bain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education;Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1018.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1018IN.htm