***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill NO. 1609

By Representative(s) Committee

AMEND page 12 by inserting the following new SECTION 28 and renumber succeeding sections:

SECTION 28. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Education shall conduct a study comparing the average administrative cost for Mississippi school districts, and also the ratio of administrative staff to the number of students, to the contiguous southeastern states. This study shall be concluded and presented to the Governor and the Legislature by November 15, 2001.