Mississippi Senate Bill 2726

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 37-101-450, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Shall Choose Three Of The State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Close By June 30, 2028; To Require The Board To Announce Its Decision By June 30, 2025; To Require The Board To Promulgate Factors To Be Considered In Its Decision, Including Enrollment Data, Degrees Offered, Economic Impact, And Any Additional Purposes That The Institution Currently Serves To The State And Its Citizens, Including Providing Medical Services, Agriculture Research Or Engineering Research Or Services; To Require The Board To Host One Listening Session At The Campus Of Each Institution Before Announcing Its Decision; To Provide That For Each State Institution That The Board Closes, Such Institution's Real Property, Together With The Buildings And Other Improvements Erected Thereon, Along With Its Assets And Funds May Be Transferred Or Conveyed To Another State Agency Or Political Subdivision Or Sold To A Nonprofit Entity; To Provide That Any University Research Institute Or Laboratory Established Within Titles 37, 49 Or 57 That Is Located At An Institution That Is Closed In Accordance With This Act May Be Reestablished Within Another Institution Of Higher Learning As Decided By The Board Of Trustees Of The Institution Of Higher Learning; To Provide The Applicable Code Sections That Will Be Repealed For Each Institution If The Institution Is Chosen By The Board To Be Closed; And For Related Purposes.

State institutions of higher learning; require board of trustees to close three institutions by 2028.

Sen. John Polk [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2726.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2726IN.htm