Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2163
K-12 mandate character education program in public schools; define character traits.
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 2025-2026 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.