SB3055 - Conference Report

REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

MADAM PRESIDENT AND MR. SPEAKER:

We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

S. B. No. 3055: Appropriation; Dept. of Educ.-Minimum Program & Critical Needs Teacher Scholarships; Addl. FY2001.

We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

1. That the House recede from its Amendment No. 1.

2. That the Senate and House adopt the following amendment:

Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Budget Contingency Fund created in Senate Bill No. 2680, Regular Session of 2001, for the support and maintenance of the Minimum Education Program, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $17,000,000.00.

With the funds herein appropriated, the State Department of Education may transfer an amount not to exceed Two Million Six Hundred One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-eight Dollars ($2,601,338.00) to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the support and maintenance of the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program.

SECTION 2. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the School Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund No. 3218, to the State Department of Education for the support and maintenance of the Minimum Education Program, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 5,263,245.00.

SECTION 3. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Public School Building Fund No. 3933, to the State Department of Education for the support and maintenance of the Minimum Education Program, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 3,400,000.00.

SECTION 4. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund to the State Department of Education for the support and maintenance of the Minimum Education Program, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 18,600,000.00.

It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds appropriated in this Section shall be considered a portion of the Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) authorized in Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the Governor to transfer from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund to the State General Fund to provide for revenue shortfalls.

SECTION 5. In addition to all other sums heretofore authorized, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning out of any money available to support the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship

rogram for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001

$ 1,078,603.00.

SECTION 6. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

AN ACT MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULLY FUNDING THE MINIMUM EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPENDING AUTHORITY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING NEEDED TO FULLY FUND THE CRITICAL NEEDS TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.


CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE	CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE

X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Jack Gordon	Charlie Capps, Jr.

X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Mike Chaney	Joseph L. Warren

(NOT SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Alice Harden	Herb Frierson