Appropriation; Rust College for establishing new academic programs and completing renovation of a residential facility.

HB 1915 appropriates $2,025,000 from Mississippi's State General Fund to Rust College for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The funds will directly support two new academic programs - a dual degree engineering program and a film studies program - and complete renovations to residential facility Gross Hall. The bill specifies $750,000 for the academic programs and $1,300,000 for Gross Hall renovations. This is a funding authorization bill (not a policy change), and it died in committee on February 26, 2025, meaning it did not become law.