2013 Regular Session MS Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments; create to provide students with school choice. 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. 05/21/2013 at 09:11 H B 896 House Bill 896 HB 896 H Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2013 564 Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Education F ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Appropriations F ../../Senate_cmtes/AP.xml Barker ../../House_authors/Barker.xml Buck (72nd) ../../House_authors/Buck_(72nd).xml Miles ../../House_authors/Miles.xml Bounds ../../House_authors/Bounds.xml Brown (20th) ../../House_authors/Brown_(20th).xml 1 01/21 (H) Referred To Education 2 01/31 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/13 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/13 (H) Amended 5 02/13 (H) Passed As Amended ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/house/0370014.pdf 6 02/18 (H) Transmitted To Senate 7 02/20 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations 8 03/05 (S) DR - TSDPAA: ED To AP 9 03/05 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 10 03/13 (S) Amended 11 03/13 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/senate/0650021.pdf 12 03/15 (S) Returned For Concurrence 13 03/18 (H) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 14 03/25 (H) Conferees Named Moore,Barker,Crawford 15 03/25 (S) Conferees Named Tollison,Collins,Hopson 16 04/01 (S) Conference Report Filed 17 04/01 (H) Conference Report Filed 18 04/02 (H) Recommitted For Further Conf 19 04/02 (S) Recommitted For Further Conf 20 04/03 (H) Conference Report Filed 21 04/03 (S) Conference Report Filed 22 04/04 (H) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/house/0870002.pdf 23 04/04 (S) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2013/pdf/votes/senate/0870008.pdf 24 04/09 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 25 04/09 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 26 04/25 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0896SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896SG.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0896IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896IN.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0896CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896CS.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0896PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896PS.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/HB/0800-0899/HB0896SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0896SG.htm ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/cr/HB0896CR.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/cr/HB0896CR.htm Conference Report ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/cr/HB0896CR_2.pdf ../../../../documents/2013/html/cr/HB0896CR_2.htm Conference Report # 2 Amendment Report for House Bill No. 896 ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0896.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0896.htm Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/ham/HB0896_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/ham/HB0896_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/sam/HB0896_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/sam/HB0896_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/sam/HB0896_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2013/html/sam/HB0896_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2013/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0896.pdf