Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2676
High school graduation requirements; require civics course to graduate.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEMONSTRATION OF PROFICIENCY IN CIVICS AS A CONDITION OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION BY REQUIRING STUDENTS TO TAKE A CIVICS COURSE THAT DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES; TO REQUIRE THE UNITED STATES HISTORY CURRICULUM TO INCLUDE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE BEGINNING WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA, IN 1607; TO AMEND SECTION 37-16-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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
4 co-sponsors
Its course
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 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.