Bill Text: MS HB866 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
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
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; * * *
(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
( * * *c) 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.
