l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2536

Public school districts; require implementation of a success sequence and character education curriculum in.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 TO INTEGRATE SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION INTO THE REQUIRED CURRICULUM FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO DEVELOP A SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR USE BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL BOARDS TO IMPLEMENT, NOT LATER THAN THE START OF THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR, EITHER THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR A CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED CONTENT FOR SUCH A CURRICULUM; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO CONSULT WITH PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM; TO SPECIFY THAT PROSELYTIZING OR INDOCTRINATING CONCERNING ANY SPECIFIC RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BELIEF IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR THE CURRICULA; TO EXEMPT OPTIONAL AFTER-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS LED BY THIRD PARTIES FROM SUCH PROHIBITION; TO REQUIRE DATA COMPILATION AND ANNUAL REPORTING BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SOURCES TO USE IN ASSISTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULA; 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

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.

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 Jan 20 – Feb 4

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