Mississippi House Bill 1396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Failed on April 2 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require School Districts That Have An Identified Student Percentage Of 25% Or More Of Enrolled Students Receiving Free Lunch, As Determined By Prior Year Enrollment, To Apply To The United States Department Of Agriculture Food And Nutrition Service (fns) For Participation In The Community Eligibility Programs, Which Would Make The National School Lunch Program And School Breakfast Program Free To All Students Enrolled At A Particular School Or In The Entire District Regardless Of Reported Income; And For Related Purposes.

Community Eligibility Provision of National School Lunch Program; require certain school districts to apply for.

Rep. Daryl Porter [D]	Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]	Rep. Fabian Nelson [D]
Rep. Carl Mickens [D]

2024-03-13 - House - House Passed (Y: 121 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-03-19	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations
2024-03-14	House	Transmitted To Senate
2024-03-13	House	Passed
2024-03-05	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Education

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	13	137	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1396.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1396IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1396PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/house/0720025.pdf