Mississippi House Bill 659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Failed on February 12 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-12 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Teacher's Assistant Education Certification Scholars Program Administered By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning; To Limit The Annual Amount Of The Scholarship A Qualifying Recipient May Receive To $5,000.00; To Establish The Criteria To Determine A Scholar's Eligibility For Receipt Of A Scholarship Under The Program; To Prescribe The Responsibilities Owed To The State Upon Completion Of The Program; To Allow Certain Program Participants To Receive An Annual Supplement Of $6,000.00 Up To A Maximum Of Five Years For Teaching A School Rated As "d" Or "f"; To Prescribe The Manner By Which Scholarship Recipients Are Required To Repay The Amounts Provided Under The Program In The Event Of Failure To Perform Certain Obligations; To Authorize The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Promulgate Rules Necessary To Administer The Program; And For Related Purposes.

Teacher's Assistant Education Certification Scholars Program; create to provide assistance to individuals pursuing teacher licensure.

Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. William Arnold [R]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]	Rep. Richard Bennett [R]
Rep. Patricia Willis [R]	Rep. Casey Eure [R]	Rep. Alex Monsour [R]	Rep. Carolyn Crawford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-12	House	Died On Calendar
2015-02-03	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2015-02-03	House	DR - TSDPCS: AP To ED
2015-01-30	House	DR - TSDPCS: ED To AP
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0659.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0659IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0659CS.htm