2015
Regular Session
Special Education Improvement Act of 2015; create to improved services and to provide funding for same to certain families.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "SPECIAL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2015"; TO REQUIRE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TO BE APPROPRIATED TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IN THE K-12 EDUCATION GENERAL SUPPORT APPROPRIATIONS BILL; TO PRESCRIBE A FORMULA FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDS TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO EMPLOY A COORDINATOR OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SERVICES; TO ESTABLISH THE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FUND, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; TO DESCRIBE THE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT FOR WHICH FUNDS MAY BE USED; TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS FOR FUNDS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND; TO REQUIRE THE STATE AUDITOR TO OVERSEE THE FUND'S OPERATIONS AND TO ANNUALLY REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE FUND'S ACTIVITIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-151-5, 37-151-7 AND 37-151-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM THE ADD-ON PROGRAM COSTS INCLUDED IN APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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B
814
House Bill 814
HB 814
H
Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
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Majority
Passage
Education
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Appropriations
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Bain
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Baria
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Massengill
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A
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A
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A
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1
01/19 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
2
02/03 (H) Died In Committee
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