Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2284
Mandatory K-12 computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO IMPLEMENT A MANDATORY K-12 COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM BASED ON THE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE- AND CAREER-READINESS STANDARDS FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE WHICH INCLUDES INSTRUCTION IN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPUTATIONAL THINKING, CYBER-RELATED, PROGRAMMING, CYBER SECURITY, DATA SCIENCE, ROBOTICS, AND OTHER COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBER-RELATED CONTENT; TO PRESCRIBE MINIMUM COMPONENTS OF THE CURRICULUM AT EACH GRADE LEVEL; TO PROVIDE FOR TEACHER TRAINING AS NEEDED AT ALL GRADE LEVELS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE RULES TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
7 co-sponsors
Kevin Blackwell, Joel R.Carter, Jr., Nicole Boyd, Kathy L. Chism, Daniel H. Sparks, Tyler McCaughn, Jeff Tate
Its course
February 7 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 SenateFeb 7 to Mar 3 · stopped25 days
EducationFeb 7 to Mar 3 · stopped25 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 Senate Feb 7 – Mar 3
- Feb 7Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 7Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate