Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 28, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 208
Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-205, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO THE OFFERING OF INSTRUCTION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE "MISSISSIPPI COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBER EDUCATION EQUALITY ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH INSTRUCTION MUST BE TAUGHT BY APPROPRIATELY ENDORSED TEACHERS FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES WHICH AWARD CARNEGIE UNITS, AND BY LICENSED TEACHERS OR PARAPROFESSIONALS WITH PROPER TRAINING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTRUCTION WHO ARE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OR SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED TEACHER; TO INCLUDE IN THE DEFINITION SECTION OF THE ACT THE MEANING OF THE TERM PARAPROFESSIONAL; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-211, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 4 to February 28, 2023, 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.
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 4 – Feb 6
- Jan 4Referred to the House committee on Education
- Jan 25Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 6Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 7 – Feb 28
- Feb 7Sent to the Senate
- Feb 14Referred to the Senate committee on Education
- Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate