Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2101
Released time courses; authorize for public school students to attend off campus religious or moral instruction for credit.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO DIRECT EACH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT A POLICY EXCUSING A STUDENT FROM SCHOOL TO ATTEND A RELEASED TIME COURSE FOR NO MORE THAN THREE CLASS PERIODS PER WEEK OR A MAXIMUM OF 125 CLASS PERIODS PER SCHOOL YEAR UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT SHALL RECEIVE ELECTIVE CREDIT FOR TIME SPENT ATTENDING RELEASED TIME COURSES; TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUSLY NEUTRAL CRITERIA FOR A SCHOOL BOARD TO FOLLOW IN DETERMINING WHETHER CREDIT MAY BE AWARDED FOR A PARTICULAR RELEASED TIME COURSE; TO EXEMPT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VIRTUAL SCHOOLS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 9 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 SenateJan 9 to Feb 3 · stopped25 days
EducationJan 9 to Feb 3 · 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.