Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2621

Introduced

1/20/25

Refer

1/20/25

Failed

2/4/25

Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.

No companion bills found.

Mississippi Dyslexia Education Loan Repayment Program; establish in place of forgivable loan program and prescribe requirements of eligibility.

MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility beginning with kindergarten.

"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise definition of "eligible student" and "eligible school."

Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; standardize reference to approved therapy training programs.

Qualified licensed dyslexia therapy teacher; require State Department of Education to employ and assign one to each county.

Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations.

Study on Dyslexia among inmates; authorize MDOC to conduct.

Literacy-based Promotion Act; revise to expand intervention and strategies for literacy proficiency among students in Grade 4 through 8.