Mississippi House Bill 628

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-22 - DR - TSDP: UC To AP
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-106-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise And Rename The Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant As The Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance And Workforce Acceleration Grant (mtawag); To Prescribe The Criteria For Eligibility; To Remove The Exclusion Which Prohibits Recipients Of Pell Grant Funds From Receiving Funds Under The Mtawag; To Make Mtawag Funds Available To Full- And Part-time Students To Include Working Adult Learnings As Eligible For Receipt Of Funds To The Acquisition Of A Baccalaureate Or Associate Degree Or Certified Credential; To Eliminate The Initial Academic Requirements For Those Individuals Who Have Been Out Of High School For Extended Periods And Desire To Return To Postsecondary Educational Learning To Earn A Degree Or Credential; And For Related Purposes.

MTAG; revise and rename as the MS Resident Tuition Assistance and Workforce Acceleration Grant Program to expand access to certain student populations.

Rep. Donnie Scoggin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-22	House	DR - TSDP: UC To AP
2025-01-15	House	Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	106	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB0628.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0628IN.htm