2012 Regular Session Mississippi Upstart Project; create home-based educational program to develop school readiness in preschoolers. AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI UPSTART PROJECT TO SERVE AS A HOME-BASED EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM TO DEVELOP SCHOOL READINESS SKILLS IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONTRACT WITH A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR PURPOSES OF DELIVERING THE PROGRAM TO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; TO PRESCRIBE THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE PROVIDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THAT THE CONTRACT PROVIDE FOR ONE YEAR OF FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL YEARS OR EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO A GREATER NUMBER OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; TO AUTHORIZE A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE IN MISSISSIPPI UPSTART IF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AGREES TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR; TO AUTHORIZE FAMILY PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER OF SOLICITING FAMILY PARTICIPATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR PARTICIPATING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PURCHASE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO BE USED IN THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE CONTRACTOR'S USE OF FUNDS FOR MISSISSIPPI UPSTART; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MAKE AN ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE REPORT BEFORE NOVEMBER 30 EACH YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE GENERAL FUNDS MAY BE USED TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 04/03/12 at 16:21 H B 1101 House Bill 1101 HB 1101 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2012 Education F ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Education T ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Appropriations F ../../Senate_cmtes/AP.xml McGee ../../House_authors/McGee.xml 1 02/20 (H) Referred To Education 2 03/02 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 03/13 (H) Read the Third Time 4 03/14 (H) Passed ../../../../2012/pdf/votes/house/0720033.pdf 5 03/15 (H) Transmitted To Senate 6 03/20 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations 7 04/03 (S) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2012/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1101PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2012/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1101PS.htm ../../../../documents/2012/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1101IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2012/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1101IN.htm ../../../../documents/2012/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1101PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2012/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1101PS.htm