l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 970

African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM AND IMPLEMENT COURSES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AND RACIAL DIVERSITY TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION CURRICULUM; 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

5 co-sponsors

Cheikh Taylor, Omeria Scott, John G. Faulkner, Abe Hudson, Solomon C. Osborne

Its course

February 14 to March 3, 2020, 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 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days

EducationFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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 Feb 14 – Mar 3

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