Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 437
The Teaching Racial and Universal Equality (TRUE) Act: enact to prohibit critical race theory from inclusion in public school curriculum.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE TEACHING RACIAL AND UNIVERSAL EQUALITY (TRUE) ACT; TO DEFINE TERMINOLOGY USED HEREIN; TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITIES FROM INCLUDING OR PROMOTING DIVISIVE CONCEPTS AS PART OF ITS CURRICULUM OR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, OR ALLOWING TEACHERS OR OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL TO USE SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT INCLUDE OR PROMOTE DIVISIVE CONCEPTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF IMPARTIAL INSTRUCTION AND DISCUSSION OF HISTORICAL MATERIAL AND HISTORICAL OCCURRENCES THROUGH THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; TO PROHIBIT THE CONTENT-BASED CENSORSHIP OF AMERICAN OR MISSISSIPPI HISTORY OR HERITAGE BASED ON ANY RELIGIOUS REFERENCES CONTAINED IN SUCH DOCUMENTS, WRITINGS OR RECORDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE WITHHOLDING OF STATE FUNDS TO ANY SCHOOL FOR ANY KNOWN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE TRAINING PROVIDED AT EACH SCHOOL UNDER ITS JURISDICTION FOSTERS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE THAT IS RESPECTFUL OF ALL STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES; TO PROVIDE THAT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS HELD AT OR SPONSORED BY SCHOOLS SHALL PROHIBIT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON BASED ON ANY CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED UNDER THE FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL GOVERNING AUTHORITIES TO ADOPT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ANY COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS OF 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
7 co-sponsors
Billy Adam Calvert, Vince Mangold, Troy Smith, Shane Barnett, Carolyn Crawford, Donnie Scoggin, Brady Williamson
Its course
January 5 to February 1, 2022, 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 5 to Feb 1 · stopped27 days
EducationJan 5 to Feb 1 · stopped27 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.