l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 110

Computer science; require to be taught in all public schools.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE COURSES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL; TO PROVIDE FOR DEFINITIONS OF TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR A PHASE-IN OF SUCH REQUIREMENT IN ALL SCHOOLS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, WITH FULL STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR; TO PROVIDE FOR COURSES THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VIRTUAL SCHOOL PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROVIDE FOR GRANTS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES AND CONTENT, SUBJECT TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE; TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL REPORTING; 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

4 co-sponsors

Tom Miles, Troy Smith, Billy Adam Calvert, Jonathan Ray Lancaster

Its course

January 7 to February 2, 2021, 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 7 to Feb 2 · stopped26 days

EducationJan 7 to Feb 2 · stopped26 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 7 – Feb 2

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