Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2168
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-13-56, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT EVERY PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE SHALL TEACH CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT COURSES STARTING IN THE EIGHTH GRADE AND BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF TWELFTH GRADE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURSES SHALL FOCUS ON INCREASING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PRESCRIBE THE COURSE OF STUDY; 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
Its course
January 11 to January 31, 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.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 11 to Jan 31 · stopped20 days
EducationJan 11 to Jan 31 · stopped20 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.