Mississippi House Bill 444 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi College Tuition Rebate Incentive Act; To Define Terms Used In This Act; To Require The President Or Chancellor Of Each Institution Of Higher Learning To Submit An Annual Report With The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning On Each Institutions' Efforts Concerning Timely Graduation; To Stipulate What Must Be Included In The Report; To Prescribe The Eligibility Requirements In Order For Students To Receive A Tuition Rebate; To Provide For The Amount Of The Tuition Rebated To Students Who Comply With The Requirements Of This Act; To Require Students Receiving The Rebate To Be Residents Of The State Of Mississippi; To Require Institutions Of Higher Learning To Notify Each First-time Freshman Students Of The Tuition Rebate Program; To Stipulate The Manner In Which Disbursement Of Tuition Rebates Applies To Students With Outstanding Student Loans; To Create The Student Loan Auxiliary Fund In The State Treasury And Provide For Its Funding; To Permit State-supported Institutions Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior Colleges To Charge Resident Undergraduate Students Tuition At A Higher Rate Than The Rate Charged To Other Resident Undergraduate Students In Certain Instances; To Create The Mississippi College Work-study Program For The Purpose Of Providing Jobs To Eligible, Financially Needy Students; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning And The State Board For Community And Junior Colleges To Jointly Administer The Work-study Program; To Prescribe The Criteria For Eligibility For The Work-study Program; To Require The Board To Adopt Rules Consistent With State And Federal Law; To Require The Board To Distribute Copies Of Its Adopted Rules To Each Institution Of Higher Learning; To Provide For The Funding Of The Work-study Program; To Create The Mississippi Striving Towards Excellence In Academics (steam) Grant Program To Be Administered By The Mississippi Post-secondary Education Financial Assistance Board; To Prescribe The Criteria For Eligibility For A Steam Grant; To Require The Mississippi Post-secondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Adopt Rules For The Administration Of The Steam Grant Program; To Require The State Superintendent Of Public Education To Provide To The Board A List Of All The Public High Schools Not Offering The Required Courses To Complete All Parts Of The Recommended Core Or Advanced High School Curriculum; To Provide For The Continued Receipt Of Steam Grant Benefits By Students While Enrolled In A Private Institution Of Higher Learning; To Require The Mississippi Post-secondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Determine The Steam Grant Amount Awarded To A Full-time Student At A Private Institution Of Higher Learning; To Provide That The Total Amount Of Financial Aid Received By A Student At A Private Institution Of Higher Learning From A Steam Grant Shall Not Exceed The Maximum Amount Received In Tuition Assistance Under Section 37-157-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Provide That Students Who Are Eligible For Both A Steam Grant And Tuition Assistance Shall Only Receive The Grant Of The Greater Amount; To Provide That A High School Student Whose Transcript Indicates That The Student Was On Schedule To Graduate From High School On Time Shall Be Eligible To Be Awarded A Steam Grant By Any Eligible Institution; To Allow The Mississippi Post-secondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Exercise The Option Of Having A Student Forego Or Repay The Steam Grant If The Student Fails To Meet Certain Criteria; To Provide The Manner For A Student To Reestablish Eligibility For A Steam Grant; To Prescribe The Criteria For Continued Eligibility For A Steam Grant; To Provide For The Purposes For Which A Steam Grant May Be Used And The Procedure For Disbursements By An Institution Of Higher Learning; To Require The Mississippi Post-secondary Education Financial Assistance Board To Determine The Steam Grant Amount Awarded To A Full-time Student At An Institution Of Higher Learning Or Community Or Junior College; To Require The Board To Publish The Amounts Of Each Grant Established For Each Institution Of Higher Learning; To Amend Section 37-103-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi College Tuition Rebate Incentive Act; create.

Rep. Reecy Dickson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-13		Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0444.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0444IN.htm