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MS Code § 37-155-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 1 - Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program|§ 37-155-21. Statement regarding status of prepaid tuition contract

  The board shall furnish without charge to each purchaser an annual statement of:   The amount paid by the purchaser under the prepaid tuition contract;   The number of years originally covered by the contract;   The number of years remaining under the contract; and   Any other information the board determines by rule is necessary or appropriate.     The board shall furnish a statement complying with subsection (1) to a purchaser or beneficiary on written request. The board may charge a reasonable fee for each statement furnished under this subsection.
MS Code § 37-155-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 1 - Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program|§ 37-155-23. No promise or guarantee of admission

 This article is not a promise or guarantee that the beneficiary will be:   Admitted to any institution of higher education;   Admitted to a particular institution of higher education after admission;   Allowed to continue enrollment at an institution of higher education; or   Graduated from an institution of higher education.
MS Code § 37-155-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 1 - Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program|§ 37-155-25. Full faith and credit

 The state shall agree to meet the obligations of the board to beneficiaries if monies in the fund fail to offset the obligations of the board. If there is not enough money in the fund to pay the tuition and required fees of the institution of higher education in which a beneficiary enrolls as provided by the prepaid tuition contract, the Legislature shall appropriate to the fund the amount necessary for the board to pay the applicable amount of tuition and required fees of the institution.   In the event that the board determines the program to be financially infeasible, the board may discontinue the program. Any qualified beneficiary who has been accepted by and is enrolled or is within five (5) years of enrollment in an institution of higher learning or any in-state or out-of-state regionally accredited private four- or two-year college or an out-of-state regionally accredited, state-supported, nonprofit four- or two-year college or university shall be entitled to exercise the complete benefits for which he has contracted. All other contract holders shall receive a refund, pursuant to Section 37-155-9, of the amount paid in and an additional amount in the nature of interest at a rate that corresponds, at a minimum, to the prevailing interest rates for savings accounts provided by banks and savings and loan associations.
MS Code § 37-155-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 1 - Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program|§ 37-155-27. Severability

 The provisions of this article are severable. If any part of this article is declared invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the part which remains.
MS Code § 37-155-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-101. Short title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Affordable College Savings Program."
MS Code § 37-155-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-103. Declaration of purpose

 The following are the purposes of this article:   To provide a program of savings trust agreements to apply distributions toward qualified higher education expenses at eligible educational institutions, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or other applicable federal law.   To provide for the creation of a trust fund, as an instrumentality of the State of Mississippi, to assist qualified students in financing costs of attending institutions of higher education.   To encourage timely financial planning for higher education by the creation of savings trust accounts.   To provide a choice of programs to persons who determine that the overall educational needs of their families are best suited to a prepaid tuition contract under the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program, a savings trust agreement under this article, or both.   To provide a savings program for those persons who wish to save to meet post secondary educational needs beyond the traditional baccalaureate curriculum.
MS Code § 37-155-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-105. Definitions

 As used in this article, the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "MACS Program" means the Mississippi Affordable College Savings Program established under this article.   "MACS Trust Fund" means a special fund in the State Treasury established under Section 37-155-111, and administered by the Treasury Department.   "Account owner" means a resident or nonresident person, corporation, trust, charitable organization or other entity which contributes to or invests money in a savings trust account under the MACS Program on behalf of a beneficiary and which is listed as the owner of the savings trust account.   "Beneficiary" means a resident or nonresident beneficiary of a savings trust agreement who meets the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law, and any regulations established by the board.   "Institution of higher education" means an eligible educational institution as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any other applicable federal law.   "Tuition" means the quarter, semester or term charges and all required fees imposed by an institution of higher education as a condition of enrollment by all students.   "Board" means the Board of Directors of the College Savings Plans of Mississippi Trust Funds established under Section 37-155-7.   "Payor" means a person, corporation, trust, charitable organization or other such entity which contributes money or makes a payment to either a savings trust account established pursuant to this article or a prepaid tuition account established under Sections 37-155-1 through 37-155-27 on behalf of a beneficiary.   "Savings trust account" means an account established by an account owner pursuant to this article on behalf of a beneficiary in order to apply distributions from the account toward qualified higher education expenses at eligible educational institutions, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law.   "Savings trust agreement" means the agreement entered into between the board and the account owner establishing a savings trust account.   "Qualified higher education expense" means any higher education expense, as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law.   "Qualified withdrawal" means a withdrawal by an account owner or beneficiary for qualified higher education expenses or as otherwise permitted under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, without a penalty required under the Internal Revenue Code.
MS Code § 37-155-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-109. Savings trust agreements

  The board shall make savings trust agreements available to the public, under which account owners or other payors may make contributions on behalf of qualified beneficiaries. Contributions and investment earnings on the contributions may be used for any qualified higher educational expenses of a designated beneficiary. The state does not guarantee that such contributions, together with the investment return on such contributions, if any, will be adequate to pay for qualified education expenses in full.   Each savings trust agreement made pursuant to this article shall include the following terms and provisions:   The maximum and minimum contribution allowed on behalf of each beneficiary for the payment of qualified higher education expenses at eligible institutions, both as defined in Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law;   Provisions for withdrawals, refunds, transfers and any penalties;   The name, address and date of birth of the beneficiary on whose behalf the savings trust account is opened;   Terms and conditions for a substitution of the beneficiary originally named;   Terms and conditions for termination of the account, including any refunds, withdrawals or transfers, and applicable penalties, and the name of the person or persons entitled to terminate the account;   The time period during which the beneficiary must use benefits from the savings trust account;   All other rights and obligations of the account owner and the MACS Trust Fund; and   Any other terms and conditions that the board deems necessary or appropriate, including those necessary to conform the savings trust account with the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law or regulations.
MS Code § 37-155-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-113. Property in Trust Fund exempt from taxation; tax deduction for contributions to MACS accounts

  All property and income of the MACS Trust Fund, as an instrumentality of the state, is exempt from all taxation by the state and by its political subdivisions.   Any contributor or payor to a MACS Program account may deduct from their Mississippi taxable income any contributions or payments to an account or accounts in the MACS Trust Fund up to a maximum annual amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for joint filers and Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for single and other filers. Contributions or payments for such tax years may be made after such calendar years but before the deadline for making contributions to an individual retirement account under federal law for such years. The earnings portion of any withdrawals from an account that are not qualified withdrawals, as well as any amounts included in such nonqualified withdrawals previously deducted from taxable income under this section, shall be included in the gross income of the resident recipient of the withdrawal for purposes of the Mississippi Income Tax Law in the year of such withdrawal.
MS Code § 37-155-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-117. Board to provide annual accounting statements

  The board shall furnish, without charge, to each account owner an annual statement of the following:   The amount contributed by the account owner under the savings trust agreement;   The annual earnings and accumulated earnings on the savings trust account; and   Any other terms and conditions that the board deems by rule is necessary or appropriate, including those necessary to conform the savings trust account with the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or other applicable federal law or regulations.     The board shall furnish an additional statement complying with subsection (1) to an account owner or beneficiary on written request. The board may charge a reasonable fee for each statement furnished under this subsection.   The board shall prepare or cause to be prepared an annual report setting forth in appropriate detail an accounting of the funds and a description of the financial condition of the program at the close of each fiscal year. Such report shall be submitted to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the Mississippi Community College Board and the State Board of Education. In addition, the board shall make the report available to account owners of savings trust agreements. The accounts of the fund shall be subject to annual audits by the State Auditor or his designee.
MS Code § 37-155-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-119. No promise or guarantee of beneficiary's admission

 This article is not a promise or guarantee that the beneficiary will be:   Admitted to any institution of higher education;   Admitted to a particular institution of higher education after admission;   Allowed to continue enrollment at an institution of higher education; or   Graduated from an institution of higher education.
MS Code § 37-155-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-121. No guarantee that higher education expenses will be covered in full

 Nothing in this article or in any savings trust agreement entered into pursuant to this article shall be construed as a promise or guarantee by the state or any agency or instrumentality of the state that either qualified higher education expenses in general or any specific qualified higher education expense shall be covered in full by contributions or earnings on any savings trust account. Savings trust accounts and agreements entered into pursuant to this article are not guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 37-155-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-123. Monies in MACS or MPACT Programs not considered in determining eligibility for need-based financial aid

 Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, no monies on deposit in either the MACS or MPACT Programs shall be considered an asset of the parent, guardian or student for purposes of determining an individual's eligibility for a need-based grant, need-based scholarship or need-based work opportunity offered or administered by any state agency except as may be required by the funding source of such financial aid.
MS Code § 37-155-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 155 - College Savings Plans of Mississippi|Article 3 - Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program|§ 37-155-125. Severability

 The provisions of this article are severable. If any part of this article is declared invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the parts of this article which remain.
MS Code § 37-159-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 159 - Mississippi Teacher Scholarship Programs|Mississippi Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 37-159-1. Short title

 This act [Laws of 1998, Chapter 544] shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998."   This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2020.
MS Code § 37-159-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 159 - Mississippi Teacher Scholarship Programs|Mississippi Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 37-159-5. Reimbursement of relocation expenses; teachers moving to geographical areas short of teachers; residency requirements

 The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations which, subject to available appropriations, allow for reimbursement to the state licensed teachers, from both in state and out of state, who enter into a contract for employment in a school district situated within a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education, for the expense of moving when the employment necessitates the relocation of the teacher to a different geographical area than that in which the teacher resides before entering into such contract. In order to be eligible for the reimbursement, the teacher must apply to the local district and the district must obtain the prior approval from the department for reimbursement before the relocation occurs. If the reimbursement is approved, the department shall provide funds to the school district to reimburse the teacher an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the documented actual expenses incurred in the course of relocating, including the expense of any professional moving company or persons employed to assist with the move, rented moving vehicles or equipment, mileage in the amount authorized for state employees under Section 25-3-41 if the teacher used his personal vehicle or vehicles for the move, meals and such other expenses associated with the relocation in accordance with the department's established rules and regulations. No teacher may be reimbursed for moving expenses under this section on more than one (1) occasion.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the actual residence to which the teacher relocates to be within the boundaries of the school district which has executed a contract for employment with the teacher or within the boundaries of the area designated by the State Board of Education as the critical teacher shortage area in order for the teacher to be eligible for reimbursement for his moving expenses. However, teachers must relocate within the boundaries of the State of Mississippi.   This section shall stand repealed July 1, 2020.
MS Code § 37-159-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 159 - Mississippi Teacher Scholarship Programs|Mississippi Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 37-159-7. Reimbursement of interviewing expenses; teachers moving to geographical areas short of teachers

 The school board of any school district situated within a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education, in its discretion, may reimburse persons who interview for employment as a licensed teacher with the district for the mileage and other actual expenses incurred in the course of travel to and from the interview by such persons at the rate authorized for county and municipal employees under Section 25-3-41. Any reimbursement by a school board under this section shall be paid from nonminimum education program funds.   This section shall stand repealed July 1, 2020.
MS Code § 37-159-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 37 - Education|Chapter 159 - Mississippi Teacher Scholarship Programs|Mississippi Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program|§ 37-159-11. Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program; service to geographical areas short of teachers; eligibility for participation; failure to comply with commitment

  There is established the Mississippi Employer-Assisted Housing Teacher Program, which shall be a special home loan program for eligible licensed teachers who render service to the state in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education. The home loan program shall be administered by the State Department of Education in conjunction with the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). The department may contract with one or more public or private entities to provide assistance in implementing and administering the program. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the implementation and administration of the program.   Participation in the loan program shall be available to any licensed teacher who renders service in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education. Any person who receives a loan under the program shall be required to purchase a house and reside in a county in which the school district for which the teacher is rendering service, or any portion of the school district, is located. The maximum amount of a loan that may be made under the program to any person shall be Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00).   Any loan made under the program to a person who actually renders service as a teacher in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education, shall be converted to an interest-free grant on the basis of one (1) year's service for one-third (1/3) of the amount of the loan. Any person who does not render three (3) years' service as a teacher in a geographical area of the state where there exists a critical shortage of teachers, as designated by the State Board of Education, shall be liable to the State Department of Education for one-third (1/3) of the amount of the loan for each year that he does not render such service, plus interest accruing at the current Stafford Loan rate at the time the person discontinues his service. If a claim for repayment under this subsection is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, the obligor shall be liable for an additional amount equal to a reasonable attorney's fee.   All funds received by the State Department of Education as repayment of loans by program participants shall be deposited in the Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Fund.  This section shall stand repealed July 1, 2020.