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Miss. Code Ann. § 37-187-1 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Pandemic Response Broadband Availability Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-187-3 Legislative intent; definitions; Mississippi Pandemic Response Broadband Availability Grant Program Fund created
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(1) The Legislature finds and declares that due to the COVID-19 pandemic there is an immediate increased need for reliable Internet service in Mississippi, including expanded broadband access, to facilitate and assist with distance learning. Therefore, the Mississippi Department …
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-187-5 Distribution of grant monies; timeframe for use of grant monies by recipient school districts
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(1) The department shall distribute grant monies, without the requirement of application by school districts or schools, as equitably and efficiently as possible after determining the unserved areas of the state using the latest publicly available Federal Communications Commissio…
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-187-7 Use of grant monies by school districts and schools; audit of use of grants; project status reports
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(1) The grant monies distributed under this chapter shall be used by school districts and schools to negotiate and contract with existing or potential broadband providers to increase or gain broadband access for the unserved areas where their students reside. To achieve such incr…
