2026 Regular Session UPSKILL Mississippi Grant Program; create. 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 MS TO ANNUALLY PROVIDE A LIST OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS BASED ON PRIORITY SECTORS AND OCCUPATIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ON A PHASED SCHEDULE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 04/17/26 at 12:28 S B 2522 Senate Bill 2522 SB 2522 S Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority ** See Text Universities and Colleges F ../../House_cmtes/UC.xml Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency T ../../House_cmtes/AC.xml Universities and Colleges F ../../Senate_cmtes/UC.xml Boyd ../../Senate_authors/Boyd.xml Blount ../../Senate_authors/Blount.xml Gillespie Isom ../../Senate_authors/Gillespie_Isom.xml Mumford ../../Senate_authors/Mumford.xml Simmons (12th) ../../Senate_authors/Simmons_(12th).xml Simmons (13th) ../../Senate_authors/Simmons_(13th).xml Brumfield ../../Senate_authors/Brumfield.xml Butler ../../Senate_authors/Butler.xml 1 01/19 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges 2 01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 3 02/09 (S) Amended 4 02/09 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2026/pdf/votes/senate/0350009.pdf 5 02/11 (S) Transmitted To House 6 02/16 (H) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency 7 02/25 (H) DR - TSDPAA: UC To AC 8 03/03 (H) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2522PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2522PS.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2522IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2522IN.htm ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2522PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2522PS.htm Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/sam/SB2522_S_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2026/html/sam/SB2522_S_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2026/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2522.pdf