HB 1495 Summary

• Appropriates $5,555,933.00 from the State General Fund and $5,897,987.00 from special funds to the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television for fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012).

• Authorizes 121 permanent full-time positions and 11 time-limited full-time positions for the agency.

• Designates $1,644,067.00 of the special funds appropriation to be derived from the Education Enhancement Fund.

• Establishes performance targets including 32 locally produced TV programs, 50 locally produced radio programs, 8 transmitters on air, and 35,000 persons using educational services.

• Reappropriates $250,000.00 in unexpended balances from prior authorization for educational television programming purposes.