SB 2935 — Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.

SB2935 (As PassedSent theto Senate)Governor) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:

Senator(s) Hopson, Wiggins, Frazier, Branning, Jackson (15th), McLendon Senate Bill 2935 (As PassedSent theto Senate)Governor) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AID AND SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

$   134,281,354.00.143,314,451.00.

SECTION 2.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Education Enhancement Fund deposited pursuant to Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, not otherwise appropriated, for the aid and support of public community and junior colleges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021 $   46,281,070.00.43,901,900.00.

3295, for the purpose of fully funding life and health insurance through the State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan for all qualified community and junior college employees, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021 $      560,000.00.1,000,000.00.

                                                          FY2021 Performance Measures                                       Target Instruction      Number of Total Degrees Awarded per 100           FTE Enrollment (%)                                31.48      AA and A.D.N degrees awarded per 100 FTE           (Number of)                                       16.56      Awards of AAS degrees or Certificates           per 100 FTE (Number of)                            7.94      Number of Certificates Awarded per 100           FTE Enrollment (%)                                 9.91      Percentage of First-Time Entering,                    Part-time degree- seeking students           (fall) who earned 24 credit hours by the           end of year two (%)                               16.38      Percentage of First-Time Entering,           Full-time degree-seeking students (fall)           who earned 42 credit hours by the end           of year two (%)                                   45.47      Percentage of Associate Degree Nursing           and Practical Nursing Licensure Exam           Pass Rates (%)                                    87.43      Percentage of Total Student Success,           which includes Graduates, Transfers, and           Retention (those still enrolled) (%)               59.05      Percentage of Graduates (%)                            30.83      Percentage of Transfers (%)                            20.56      Percentage of Retention (%)                             8.42      Percentage of Students Enrolled in           Career/ Technical and Health Science           Graduates (%)                                     23.50      Percentage of In-State Job Placements of           Career/ Technical and Health Science           Graduates (%)                                     90.69      Percentage of developmental English           Students (unduplicated headcount) who           enrolled in English Composition I who           successfully completed English           Composition I during the academic year           (%)                                              70.11      Percentage of developmental Math           students (unduplicated headcount) who           enrolled in College Algebra who           successfully completed College Algebra           during the academic year (%)                      67.88      Number of High School Equivalencies awarded          2,319.20      A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2022.

     Of the funds provided in this section, one-half (1/2) shall be allocated equally and the remaining half shall be allocated on the basis of the prior year headcount enrollment in Adult Education, MIBEST or other career pathway programs.

     SECTION 22.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2020.