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 992
Sex-related education; revise curriculum content and rename as "personal responsibility" education.
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 CURRICULUM ON SEX-RELATED EDUCATION AND TO REQUIRE THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT THE PROGRAM ON PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION DEVELOPED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO REQUIRE THAT INSTRUCTION IN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION SHALL BE TAUGHT AT LEAST ONCE IN GRADES 6 TO 8 AND AGAIN AT LEAST ONCE IN GRADES 9 TO 12; TO GIVE DISTRICTS THE AUTONOMY TO CHOOSE DIFFERENT CURRICULUM OFFERED AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, IF APPLICABLE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PUBLISH A LIST OF APPROVED CURRICULUMS ON ITS WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE THE CURRICULUM TO BE EVIDENCED BASED AND TO DEFINE SUCH TERM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE EACH DISTRICT'S CURRICULUM FOR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION; TO STIPULATE THAT THE CURRICULUM MUST INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT ABSTINENCE IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT UNINTENDED PREGNANCY; TO REMOVE CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO ABSTINENCE-ONLY AND ABSTINENCE-PLUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND PRESCRIBE THE CONTENT TO BE INCLUDED IN SUCH REPORTS; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN CONSENT FORM TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION AND THE CONTENT TO BE CONTAINED THEREON; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THIS ACT ON JULY 1, 2021; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-13-173, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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.