Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 932
Sex education curriculum; revise program to be comprehensive, medically accurate, age and developmentally appropriate.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENT AND STANDARDS OF CURRICULUM TO BE USED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE TEACHING OF SEX EDUCATION; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT SUCH PROGRAM BE ABSTINENCE-ONLY OR ABSTINENCE-PLUS COURSE OF INSTRUCTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REQUIRED POLICY TO BE ADOPTED TO IMPLEMENT SEX EDUCATION SHALL BE COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE AND PROVIDE MEDICALLY ACCURATE, COMPLETE, AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE INFORMATION; TO REQUIRE POLICY TO BE AVAILABLE BY THE BEGINNING OF THE 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR; TO PRESCRIBE WHAT ELEMENTS SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.