2026 Regular Session Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs. AN ACT TO CREATE THE UPSKILL MISSISSIPPI GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT UPGRADING PRIORITY SKILLS FOR KEY INDUSTRY LEARNING AND LABOR THROUGH TUITION-FREE ACCESS TO WORKFORCE-ALIGNED COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO PROVIDE FOR FUNDING OF THE PROGRAM; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO STATE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID IN ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SUPPORT SERVICES TO GRANT RECIPIENTS; TO REQUIRE ACCELERATE MISSISSIPPI TO ANNUALLY PROVIDE A LIST OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS BASED ON PRIORITY SECTORS AND OCCUPATIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ON A PHASED-IN SCHEDULE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 06/05/26 at 09:27 H B 562 House Bill 562 HB 562 H Law General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2026 448 Workforce Development F ../../House_cmtes/WD.xml Appropriations A F ../../House_cmtes/AP.xml Universities and Colleges F ../../Senate_cmtes/UC.xml Appropriations F ../../Senate_cmtes/AP.xml Bell (21st) ../../House_authors/Bell_(21st).xml Hall ../../House_authors/Hall.xml Scott ../../House_authors/Scott.xml 1 01/13 (H) Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations A 2 01/29 (H) DR - TSDP: WD To AP 3 02/03 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To WD 4 02/03 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 5 02/09 (H) Passed ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/house/0350006.pdf 6 02/10 (H) Transmitted To Senate 7 02/17 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Appropriations 8 03/03 (S) DR - TSDPAA: UC To AP 9 03/03 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 10 03/11 (S) Amended 11 03/11 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/senate/0650026.pdf 12 03/12 (S) Returned For Concurrence 13 03/17 (H) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 14 03/23 (H) Conferees Named Bell (21st),Scoggin,Oliver 15 03/24 (S) Conferees Named Boyd,Sparks,McCaughn 16 03/30 (S) Conference Report Filed 17 03/30 (H) Conference Report Filed 18 03/31 (H) Unanimous Consent Granted 19 03/31 (H) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/house/0850020.pdf 20 03/31 (S) Conference Report Adopted ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/senate/0850041.pdf 21 03/31 (S) Unanimous Consent Granted 22 04/02 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 23 04/02 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 24 04/08 Approved by Governor ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0562SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562SG.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0562IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562IN.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0562PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562PS.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0562SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0562SG.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/cr/HB0562CR.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/cr/HB0562CR.htm Conference Report Amendment Report for House Bill No. 562 ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0562.pdf ../../../../../documents/2026/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0562.htm Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/sam/HB0562_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2026/html/sam/HB0562_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0562.pdf