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MS HB258
Bill
Status
1/31/2017
Primary Sponsor
Deborah Butler Dixon
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AI Summary
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Requires the State Department of Education to include in its uniform accounting system a method for accounting for and keeping records of all local, state, and federal funds received, handled, and disbursed by school districts.
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Changes the State Department of Audit's authority from discretionary to mandatory, requiring it to post-audit and investigate financial affairs and transactions involving local, state, and federally appropriated school funds for each school district in the state.
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Authorizes the Office of the State Auditor to provide advice to the Mississippi Department of Education upon request for implementing the uniform accounting system requirements.
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Takes effect July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
School districts; require audit of all local, state and federal funds expended by.
Last Action
Died In Committee
1/31/2017