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Read. Follow. Verify.Mississippi Office of Workforce Development authorized to oversee childcare tuition assistance program
Last action · March 3, 2026: 03/03 (H) Died In CommitteeSponsors: Nicole Boyd and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 2419 authorizes the Mississippi Office of Workforce Development to implement and oversee an employee childcare tuition assistance partnership program, effective July 1, 2026.
Expands the statutory powers of a state agency to include administering employee childcare tuition assistance partnerships, creating a new administrative framework for workforce-related family support starting in mid-2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Mississippi Office of Workforce Development
The office gains new statutory authority and duties to implement and oversee an employee childcare tuition assistance partnership program.
Mississippi workers and families
Workers may become eligible for childcare tuition assistance partnerships administered through the state workforce development system.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
7 actions- Mar 3, 2026House03/03 (H) Died In Committee
- Feb 26, 2026House02/26 (H) DR - TSDPAA: WD To AP
- Feb 16, 2026HouseCommittee02/16 (H) Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations A
- Feb 13, 2026Senate02/13 (S) Transmitted To House
- Feb 12, 2026SenateFloor02/12 (S) Passed
- Jan 30, 2026SenateCommittee01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
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- Jan 19, 2026SenateCommittee01/19 (S) Referred To Economic and Workforce Development
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02/12 (S) Passed
Total
49
- Yes
- 44
- No
- 5
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (49)
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Lobbying Activity
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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