Senate Bill 2275

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND THE STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO AMEND THE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT TO ALLOW TRANSFER OF CREDITS FROM THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY DEGREE PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO THE APPROPRIATE COLLEGE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and the State Board for Community Colleges are hereby authorized and directed to amend the articulation agreement to provide for the transfer of appropriate credits from the Child Development Technology Degree Program at the various community colleges to the appropriate college program at the various universities. The State Board for Community and Junior Colleges and the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall jointly develop a report on the amendment to the articulation agreement required under this section, and submit this report to the Committees on Education and Universities and Colleges of each House of the Legislature on or before December 1, 2015.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.