Summary — SB 3012 (2025): Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board
Status: Died in Conference (March 29, 2025)
Introduced: March 14, 2025
Overview / Purpose
SB 3012 would have appropriated state and special-fund monies to support the operation, programs, personnel insurance, and workforce-related functions of Mississippi’s public community and junior colleges for fiscal year July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. The bill sets funding amounts, distribution rules (a community college support funding formula and assigned program weights), and targeted line items for insurance, workforce development, and specialized training.
Key funding amounts (from House amendments)
- $227,438,680.00 — total appropriation from special funds to the Mississippi Community College Board (Section 2).
- $65,785,786.00 — portion of Section 2 (Section 3). Of this, $64,785,786.00 is from the Education Enhancement Fund.
- Up to $177,259,212.00 — authorized from Section 1 (State General Fund) to be distributed via the community college support funding formula (Section 4(a)).
- $51,884,946.00 — portion of Section 3 derived from Education Enhancement Fund to be distributed via the funding formula (Section 4(b)).
- $30,594,336.00 — up to this amount for life and health insurance for college employees (Section 6).
- $1,000,000.00 — from Insurance Carryover Fund No. 3295 to fully fund life/health insurance for qualified community college employees (Section 7).
- $6,750,000.00 — up to this amount for Workforce and Economic Development Support (Workforce Development Centers, Advanced Training Centers, start-up costs for career/technical programs, equipment replacement) (Section 8).
- $179,050.00 — for Sign Language Interpreter Training at community and junior colleges (Section 9).
(Note: Section 10 and later text were truncated in the available version.)
Allocation formula and operational rules
- Funds distributed through the community college support funding formula with assigned weights by program/FTE:
- Base: 15% of prior-year appropriation
- Academic: weight 1.0
- Technical: weight 1.0
- Career: weight 1.0
- Associate Degree Nursing: weight 1.19
- Associate Degree Allied Health: weight 1.19
- Disbursement basis: prior-year full-time equivalent (FTE) hours generated in summer, fall and spring; students counted are those enrolled and in attendance on the last day of the sixth week (or equivalent), generally limited to in-state residents.
- Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB) Director audits and certifies enrollment counts.
- MCCB may make operating cash advances (up to 33% of prior-year state-appropriated funds to any one college) pending final enrollment-based distributions; advances are later reconciled/deducted.
Eligible institutions
The bill lists 15 public community and junior colleges as qualifying participants, including Coahoma, Copiah‑Lincoln, East Central, East Mississippi, Hinds, Holmes, Itawamba, Jones County, Meridian, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Northeast Mississippi, Northwest Mississippi, Pearl River, and Southwest Mississippi Community Colleges.
Impact / Who is affected
- Direct financial support to public community and junior colleges for operations, program delivery, workforce training, and equipment replacement.
- Employee benefits: contribution toward participation in the State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan for college employees.
- Students benefit indirectly via program funding (especially nursing, allied health, career/technical) and targeted supports such as sign-language interpreter training and workforce development programs.
- State budget/treasury: uses General Fund, Education Enhancement Fund, and Insurance Carryover Fund allocations.
Procedural timeline and final disposition
- Introduced/Filed: March 14, 2025
- Passed in Senate (Feb 19, 2025), transmitted to House (Feb 20, 2025)
- Amended in House; conferees named (March 19–20, 2025)
- Died In Conference: March 29, 2025 — the bill did not become law.
Notes / Limitations
- The provided bill text was truncated (Section 10 onward), so some line-items or conditions may be missing from this summary.
- Provisions subject to final certification by the MCCB and contingent on fund availability from the named funds.
