l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1091

Sex education; require school districts to implement Personal Responsibility curriculum.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY CURRICULUM THAT INCLUDES COMPONENTS ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BY JUNE 30, 2012; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH A PROTOCOL TO BE USED BY DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY IN TEACHING THE CURRICULUM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH COMPONENT MAY BE EXPANDED BEYOND THE INSTRUCTION FOR ABSTINENCE-BASED EDUCATION WITHIN THE PROTOCOL BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO DEFINE ABSTINENCE-BASED EDUCATION; TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY GIVEN TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ELIMINATING INSTRUCTION ON ABSTINENCE; TO PROHIBIT ANY TEACHING THAT ABORTION CAN BE USED TO PREVENT THE BIRTH OF A BABY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THIS SECTION ON JULY 1, 2015; TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 507, LAWS OF 2009, TO REVISE THE DUTIES OF THE TEEN PREGNANCY TASK FORCE AND TO EXTEND THE DATE OF THE REPEAL ON THE TASK FORCE TO JULY 1, 2015; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Cecil Brown

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published