Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

House Bill 1182

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Title

Description: State Board of Education; authorize to implement voluntary full-day prekindergarten program.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 02/20 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
2 03/09 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2004
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committees:

Principal Author: Brown

Title: AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO MAKE AVAILABLE A FULL DAY VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BY 2006 FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN HEAD START, LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BEGINNING WITH COUNTIES THAT REFLECT A NEED AS REPORTED BY POPULATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR PREKINDERGARTEN FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLDS; TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO MAKE AVAILABLE A FULL DAY VOLUNTARY PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BY 2008 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN HEAD START, LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BEGINNING WITH COUNTIES THAT REFLECT A NEED AS REPORTED BY POPULATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR PREKINDERGARTEN FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 03/09/04 at 18:00.

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