Appropriation; IHL for funding MVSU's Student Success and Workforce Readiness Strategy.

HB 4031 allocates $2.5 million from Mississippi's State General Fund to Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) for its Student Success and Workforce Readiness Strategy during fiscal year 2027. The funding directly supports MVSU students by modernizing campus technology ($728,000) to improve retention and graduation rates, and by hiring key staff ($1,772,000) focused on student retention and career readiness. The bill specifies that these funds must be used exclusively for the stated purposes outlined in Section 2 of the legislation. It becomes effective July 1, 2026, and does not create new policy beyond the allocated funding.