Education Enhancement Fund procurement cards; bring forward provision related to.

Added specific funding allocations for classroom supplies, instructional materials, and equipment to be distributed to eligible teachers through procurement cards or digital solutions.

Defined eligible recipients as employees of school boards, including teachers at public schools, Mississippi School for the Arts, Mississippi School for Math and Science, Mississippi School for the Blind, Mississippi School for the Deaf, and public charter schools who hold valid teacher licenses and work in instructional areas.

Established requirements for school districts to issue credentials or procurement cards to teachers by August 1 of each year, with cards expiring at the end of the school year but not before April 1.

Added provisions requiring the State Board of Education to develop rules and regulations for administering the classroom supply fund distribution, with emphasis on allowing individual teachers to use funds for classroom needs.

Added provisions prohibiting surcharges on purchases made with state-issued credit cards, procurement cards, travel cards, or fuel cards, and granting the Department of Finance and Administration exclusive jurisdiction to enforce these rules.

Modified the timeline for issuing procurement cards to specify that cards must be issued at the beginning of the school year but no later than August 1, with expiration not before April 1 of each year.