l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 323

"African-American Male Success Academy"; require the SDE to establish to cultivate diversity of social skills and academic success.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT THE "AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE SUCCESS ACADEMY" FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 8; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ACADEMY SHALL ASSIST PRACTITIONERS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE TO UNDERSTAND AND CULTIVATE THE DIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND SCHOOL SUCCESS OF YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE STUDENTS IN THE EARLY GRADES THROUGH A CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION; TO REQUIRE THE ACADEMY TO BE STRUCTURED AS A ONE SEMESTER COURSE OF INSTRUCTION THAT IS AGE AND GRADE APPROPRIATE FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS IN THE APPLICABLE GRADES; TO PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO BE TAUGHT IN THE ACADEMY; TO REQUIRE PARTICIPATING STUDENTS TO COMPLETE A SERIES OF TASKS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THEIR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL ABILITIES; 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

Its course

January 10 to February 4, 2025, 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 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

EducationJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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 House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations A
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Education;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives