Mississippi House Bill 896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 25 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-25 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Mississippi Speech-language Therapy Scholarship For Students With Speech-language Impairments Program; To Define Certain Terms Used In This Act; To Provide For Student Eligibility Requirements For Receipt Of A Scholarship And Restricting Eligibility Therefor; To Provide For The Term Of The Scholarship; To Stipulate The Obligations Of Parents Or Legal Guardians, Students And Schools And School Districts; To Prescribe The Duties Of The Department Of Education And The State Board Of Education Regarding The Administration Of The Scholarship Program; To Provide The Department Of Education With The Authority To Verify The Eligibility Of Nonpublic Schools And To Establish The Process For Notifications Of Violations; To Authorize The State Board Of Education To Deny, Suspend Or Revoke A School's Participation In The Scholarship Program And The Procedures Taken With Respect Therefor; To Require That All Children Be Screened For Speech, Language, Voice And Fluency Disorders Before The End Of Grade 1 In The Public Schools Of This State; To Establish The Procedures To Be Followed In The Screening And Evaluation Of Students For Speech-language Impairment; To Require The Department Of Education To Submit An Annual Report To The Legislature Summarizing Student Performance, Student Assessments, Funding And Any Recommended Changes; To Require The State To Pay Directly To The School Any State Aid Attributable To A Student With A Disability Attending The School; To Require The School To Comply With The Annual Audit And Budget Submission Requirements Prescribed By Law In Title 37, Mississippi Code Of 1972; And For Related Purposes.

MS Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments; create to provide students with school choice.

Rep. Toby Barker [R]	Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]	Rep. Tom Miles [D]	Rep. Scott Bounds [R]
Rep. Chris Brown [R]

2013-04-04 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-04 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 109 N: 6 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-13 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 51 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-13 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 111 N: 7 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25		Approved by Governor
2013-04-09	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-09	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-04	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2013-04-04	House	Conference Report Adopted
2013-04-03	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2013-04-03	House	Conference Report Filed
2013-04-02	Senate	Recommitted For Further Conf
2013-04-02	House	Recommitted For Further Conf
2013-04-01	House	Conference Report Filed
2013-04-01	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2013-03-25	Senate	Conferees Named Tollison,Collins,Hopson
2013-03-25	House	Conferees Named Moore,Barker,Crawford
2013-03-18	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2013-03-15	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-13	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-03-13	Senate	Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP
2013-02-20	Senate	Referred To Education;Appropriations
2013-02-18	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-13	House	Passed As Amended
2013-02-13	House	Amended
2013-02-13	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-01-31	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0896.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0370014.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0650021.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0870002.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0870008.pdf