As Amended
SEC. 37-151-25. Tech-Prep Fund; purposes; funded community college programs must admit qualifying high school graduates.
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Tech-Prep Fund." Any unexpended balance in said fund at the end of the fiscal year shall carryover to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not lapse into the State General Fund. Said fund shall be credited with any funds appropriated by the Legislature and from the proceeds of State Education Technology Bonds for the implementation of the Tech-Prep program in Grades 7-12 and in the public community colleges and junior colleges through approved programs, and shall be allocated to school districts by the State Board of Education for the following purposes:
(a) Equip labs for hands-on: Career Discovery Course in the 7th grade, Computer Discovery Course in the 8th grade, and Technology Discovery Course in the 9th grade;
(b) Implement application based teaching methodology in existing academic courses;
(c) Develop and implement articulation, integration and sequential course study plans in Vocational and Academic courses;
(d) Administer Occupational Tests;
(e) Implement and Update Career/Educational Plans for each student;
(f) Implement Career Centers for each school;
(g) To provide equipment upgrades to meet technology demands, staff development and teaching materials to implement application based methodology for each of the community college sites.
No community or junior college shall deny admittance into its Tech-Prep program funded under this section to any student who has graduated from high school with a qualifying grade point average, regardless of the curriculum or coursework completed by the student.
SOURCES: Laws, 1994, ch. 581, Sec. 23; 1995, ch. 424, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1995
1997 Amendment:
SECTION 51. Section 37-151-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-151-25. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "Tech-Prep Fund." Any unexpended balance in said fund at the end of the fiscal year shall carryover to the succeeding fiscal year and shall not lapse into the State General Fund. Said fund shall be credited with any funds appropriated by the Legislature, * * * from the proceeds of State Education Technology Bonds for the implementation of the Tech-Prep program in Grades 7-12 and in the public community colleges and junior colleges through approved programs and from the proceeds of bonds issued under Sections 31 through 51 of Senate Bill No. 2649, 1997 Regular Session, and shall be allocated to school districts by the State Board of Education for the following purposes:
(a) Equip labs for hands-on: Career Discovery Course in the 7th grade, Computer Discovery Course in the 8th grade, and Technology Discovery Course in the 9th grade;
(b) Implement application based teaching methodology in existing academic courses;
(c) Develop and implement articulation, integration and sequential course study plans in Vocational and Academic courses;
(d) Administer Occupational Tests;
(e) Implement and Update Career/Educational Plans for each student;
(f) Implement Career Centers for each school;
(g) To provide equipment upgrades to meet technology demands, staff development and teaching materials to implement application based methodology for each of the community college sites.
The State Department of Education is authorized to escalate spending authority based upon the proceeds of bonds issued under Sections 31 through 51 of Senate Bill No. 2649, 1997 Regular Session.
No community or junior college shall deny admittance into its Tech-Prep program funded under this section to any student who has graduated from high school with a qualifying grade point average, regardless of the curriculum or coursework completed by the student.
SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 612, Sec. 51, SB2649, Effective AP-April 23, 1997.