MS HB1704

Appropriates $1,057,834.00 from the State General Fund to the Mississippi Arts Commission for fiscal year 2021 (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021).

Appropriates $1,342,683.00 from special source funds and donations to the Mississippi Arts Commission for the same fiscal period.

Authorizes 10 permanent full-time positions and 2 time-limited full-time positions for the commission.

Designates $450,000.00 from the Education Enhancement Fund for training educators, promoting arts programs in public schools ($100,000.00), and miscellaneous grants and programs ($350,000.00).

Establishes the Arts Commission Challenge Initiative Fund to receive and carry forward Challenge Program dollars, with grantees required to provide matching funds of at least two times the grant amount.