Bill Text: MS HB866 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: At risk funds; require maximum flexibility to school districts in use of and accounting for.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB866 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-HB866-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Representative Crawford

House Bill 866

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO GRANT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY IN THE UTILIZATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF AT-RISK FUNDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 37-151-8, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     37-151-8.  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations that:

          (a)  Require school districts that receive allocations of Mississippi Adequate Education Program at-risk funds, as prescribed by Section 37-151-7(1)(d), to specifically target the expenditure of those funds to implement effective programs, as determined by the State Department of Education, to serve at-risk students;  * * *and

          (b)  Provide maximum flexibility for school districts that receive at-risk funds to use and account for the expenditure of those funds in a manner that provides broad discretion to districts to efficiently meet the needs of at-risk students, including through the use of online learning opportunities and any other options that expand educational access for at-risk students; and

          ( * * *bc)  Provide the methods by which school districts will be expected to account for all expenditures of at-risk funds and how school districts will be held accountable for the expenditure of at-risk funds.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.

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