l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2683

K-12 mandate character education program in public schools; define character traits.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-13-181 THROUGH 37-13-185, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MANDATE A COMPREHENSIVE K-12 PROGRAM FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION EFFECTIVE WITH THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR AND TO PRESCRIBE CHARACTER TRAITS TO BE THE FOCUS OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS' PROPOSED CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS; 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

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.

In the Senate Feb 19 – Mar 5

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