l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2535

MS Future Innovators Act; enact to require high-school computer science or CTE with embedded computer science course.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-13-215, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT, BEGINNING WITH THE ENTERING NINTH-GRADE CLASS OF 2027-2028, A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SHALL, BEFORE GRADUATION, BE REQUIRED TO EARN ONE UNIT OF CREDIT IN A HIGH-SCHOOL COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE, OR ONE UNIT OF CREDIT IN AN INDUSTRY-ALIGNED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) WITH EMBEDDED COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE; TO PROVIDE THE STATE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE SATISFIED BY EITHER OF THESE COURSES; TO REQUIRE THAT SUCH COURSES INCLUDE INSTRUCTION ON THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF EMERGING COMPUTER SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-205, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE "CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH EMBEDDED COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE" FOR PURPOSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBER EDUCATION EQUALITY ACT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Sarita Simmons

Its course

January 20 to March 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 1122 days

EducationJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

EducationFeb 14 to Mar 4 · stopped18 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.

In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 12 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 12Sent to the House
  2. Feb 14Referred to the House committees on Education and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To EducationSenate
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 11PassedSenate
  4. Feb 12Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 14Referred To Education;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives