HB 1522 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Computer devices, equipment and adaptive devices; authorize school districts to sell to graduating senior at the residual value of such.

HB 1522 allows Mississippi public school districts to sell district-issued computers, peripherals, and adaptive devices to graduating seniors (Grade 12) who have met all graduation requirements. Students would pay the residual value (what’s left after depreciation) for these used devices, with no warranties, and proceeds would go to the school’s maintenance fund. The bill specifically authorizes this sale for devices previously provided during the academic year and applies to both traditional schools and charter schools. However, the bill died in committee on March 4, 2025, and did not become law.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill authorizes Mississippi school districts to sell computers and adaptive devices to graduating seniors at a residual value. The key change is that students must now verify college acceptance to qualify for the sale. Students with verified college acceptance pay only $1, while those without verification must pay $75. This creates a financial incentive for students to pursue higher education while allowing districts to recoup some equipment costs.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on selling district-issued technology to graduating students, but eligibility criteria have been significantly modified to require college acceptance verification.
ELIGIBILITY

Students must verify acceptance to a Mississippi two-year or four-year college or university before graduating to qualify for the computer sale program.

REQUIREMENT

Payment amounts are now tiered based on college acceptance verification: $1 for verified students and $75 for students without verification.

Verification of college acceptance must be submitted before the school district's graduation eligibility deadline.

The previous requirement that students simply satisfy graduation requirements has been replaced with the college acceptance verification requirement.

Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

93–20
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 119
Feb 10, 2025
D Democratic39
19 Yea 19 Nay 1
48% Nay
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican78
72 Yea 1 Nay 5
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred To Education
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Jansen Owen
RRepublican
MS
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