Mississippi § 37-175-17 - Eligibility requirements for nonpublic schools to participate in scholarship program.

§ 37-175-17. Eligibility requirements for nonpublic schools to participate in scholarship program.

To be eligible to participate in the Mississippi Speech-Language Therapy Scholarship for Students with Speech-Language Impairments Program, a nonpublic school must: Be a state accredited nonpublic special purpose school in the state that is organized to provide and emphasizes instruction in speech-language therapy and intervention as the primary purpose of the school; Provide to the department all documentation required for a student’s participation, including the nonpublic school’s and student’s fee schedules, at least thirty (30) days before the first quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student; Be academically accountable to the parent or legal guardian for meeting the educational needs of the student by, at a minimum, annually providing to the parent or legal guardian a written explanation of the student’s progress; Maintain in this state a physical location where a scholarship student regularly attends classes. The inability of a nonpublic school to meet the requirements of this subsection shall constitute a basis for the ineligibility of the nonpublic school to participate in the scholarship program as determined by the department.