Mississippi House Bill 1269 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Student-athlete Differential Scholarship And Grant Program; To Provide That Programs Shall Be Designed To Provide Additional Financial Assistance To Student-athletes Whose Athletic Scholarships Fail To Cover The Full Cost Of Tuition At A State Institution Of Higher Learning; To Require That The Program Be Administered By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning In Conjunction With The Postsecondary Education Financial Assistance Board, Which Shall Promulgate The Rules And Regulations For The Administration Of The Program; To Stipulate That A Student-athlete Shall Be Entitled To Eight Semesters Of Institutional Scholarship Or Grant Assistance, In Addition To The Athletic Scholarship Received And That Continued Receipt Of Assistance Is Contingent Upon Good Academic Standing For Eligibility To Play According To Conference Standards; To Require Annual Evaluation For Renewal Of Institutional Assistance; To Require Each Postsecondary Institution To Make Reasonable Efforts To Inform Student-athletes Of Any Other Form Of Aid Made Available Through The National Collegiate Athletic Association (ncaa) Student Assistance Fund, Which Consists Of The Special Assistance Fund (saf) And Student-athlete Opportunity Fund (saof); To Prescribe The Requirements Necessary For Students To Receive Assistance From Saf And Saof Funding Assistance; To Stipulate The Purpose For Which The Funds Can And Cannot Be Used; To Prescribe That The Responsibility Of Administering The Student Assistance Fund Shall Rest Solely With The Conferences; To Require The Conferences To File An Annual Report With The Ncaa As To The Amount Of Funds Used In Each Category Of Aid Awarded To Student-athletes, As Reported By Each Member Institution; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Student-Athlete Differential Scholarship and Grant Program; establish to require universities and colleges to cover remainder of tuition for student-athletes.

Rep. John Lamar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1269.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1269IN.htm