Appropriation; IHL to provide additional funding for Alcorn State to address funding disparity between land grant universities.

HB 1798 appropriates $257,807,216 from Mississippi's State General Fund to Alcorn State University for fiscal year 2026. The bill directly addresses a documented 30-year funding disparity between Alcorn State University and Mississippi State University, the state's two land-grant universities. The funds would cover historical financial gaps, not ongoing operational costs. The bill was referred to the Appropriations Committee but died there on February 26, 2025, and did not advance further.