Bills affecting Student / education borrower in Mississippi — 2026 session

UPSKILL Mississippi Grant Program; create.

Upskill Mississippi Grant Program; establish to provide last-dollar tuition assistance at community colleges for certain programs.

Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.

Higher Education Legislative Plan Grant Program; amend.

Office of Workforce Development; authorize to implement and oversee an employee childcare tuition assistance program.

Income tax credit; revise definition of "eligible charitable organization."

Income tax; exclude forgiven, cancelled or discharged federal student loan debt under the PSLF Program from the definition of "gross income".

Income tax; authorize credit for certain employers loaning employees to serve as instructors at community colleges.

Volunteer firefighters; create grants for tuition assistance and purchase and maintenance of equipment.

Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.

National Guard SEAP scholarship; require MS Office of Student Financial Aid to administer payment to institutions.

Vision 2031: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Thirty-one; create.

Community and junior colleges; waive all tuition and costs for graduates of Mississippi high schools.

In-state tuition; provide that 12 months of residency in MS shall constitute eligibility for.

"Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act"; create to provide college tuition awards to certain public safety personnel and their legal dependents.

Community and junior colleges; authorize boards of trustees to reduce or waive out-of-state tuition for certain students.

Trauma-Informed Student Assessment Exemption Act; create.

Charlie Kirk Campus Free Speech and Safety Act; create.

Child Care Payment Program; require DHS to notify providers about time for renewal at same time it notifies recipients about time for renewal.

Higher Education Legislative Plan Grant Program; revise students eligible for assistance.