l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 288

Sex education curriculum; revise program to require comprehensive, medically accurate, age and developmentally appropriate material.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 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 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 2017-2018 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

Its course

January 3 to January 31, 2017, 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 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days

EducationJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 3 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committees on Education and on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Education;Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives