Mississippi House Bill 1166 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Make Revisions To The Mississippi Adequate Education Program Funding Formula; To Amend Section 37-151-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of Certain Terms Used Under The Adequate Education Program And To Define The Term "adequate Daily Membership (adm)"; To Amend Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Allocations To School Districts Under The Adequate Education Program To Be Based On Average Daily Membership Versus Average Daily Attendance; To Require The State Auditor To Conduct Unannounced Student Counts; To Eliminate Per Pupil Expenditures In The Upper Quartile From The Calculation Of The Base Student Cost; To Revise The Manner In Which The Adjustment To The Base Student Cost Is Calculated For At-risk Students; To Create An Adjustment To The Base Student Cost For Improving And High Performing Students; To Increase The Millage Required To Be Levied By Local School Districts In Support Of The Adequate Education Program; To Amend Sections 37-151-85, 37-151-97, 37-151-103 And 37-57-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The State Performance-based Accreditation System, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

MS Adequate Education Program; revise funding formula.

Rep. Charles Busby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1166.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1166IN.htm