Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 1311
Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue and Excellence (T.H.R.I.V.E.) Act; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE TEACHING HONESTY, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, VIRTUE AND EXCELLENCE (T.H.R.I.V.E.) ACT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO MANDATE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION COURSES IN ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE A MINISTERIAL, NONDISCRETIONARY LIST OF COMPLIANT COURSES AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESTRICT DISTRICTS TO ADOPTION FROM THAT APPROVED LIST; TO PRESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC SUCCESS SEQUENCE PRINCIPLES AND ENUMERATED CHARACTER TRAITS AND FUNDAMENTAL VALUES TO BE TAUGHT, INCLUDING RESPECT FOR FAMILY, MARRIAGE, WORK, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, LAWFUL AUTHORITY, COMMUNITY SERVICE, PATRIOTISM, AND MORAL CHARACTER; TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE OF CURRICULUM ADOPTION, ENSURE TRANSPARENCY THROUGH PUBLIC INSPECTION OF MATERIALS, AND ESTABLISH PARENTAL OPT-OUT RIGHTS WITHOUT PENALTY TO STUDENTS; TO REQUIRE ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORTING BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STATE LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DISTRICT COMPLIANCE STATUS; TO AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL OR PRIVATE FUNDS TO ASSIST IMPLEMENTATION; TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ADOPT POLICIES PERMITTING VOLUNTARY, PARENT-CONSENTED AFTER-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES THAT OFFER PHILOSOPHICAL, HISTORICAL, TRADITIONAL, OR RELIGIOUS JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION CURRICULUM, SUBJECT TO CONTENT CONSISTENCY AND VIEWPOINT NEUTRALITY PROTECTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROMULGATE RULES NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION; TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION IN CHAPTER 13, TITLE 37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO ESTABLISH SUPREMACY OVER CONFLICTING STATE LAWS OR POLICIES; TO PROVIDE SEVERABILITY; TO SET AN EFFECTIVE DATE; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2026, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.