Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 3, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2302
Teaching Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Virtue, and Excellence (THRIVE) Act; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE TEACHING HONESTY, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, VIRTUE, AND EXCELLENCE (THRIVE) ACT; TO DIRECT THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL REQUIRE DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION COURSES TO BE TAUGHT IN ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT, NOT LATER THAN JUNE 30, 2026, TO APPROVE A LIST OF COMPLIANT COURSES AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS; TO PROVIDE A LIST OF VALUES AND CHARACTER TRAITS THE COURSES ARE TO TEACH; TO DIRECT EACH SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT A PROCESS TO ISSUE A PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION COURSES, TO MAKE COURSE MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION, AND TO PROVIDE PARENTS A MEANS TO OPT THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE COURSES; TO REQUIRE ANNUAL REPORTING BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO THE LEGISLATURE; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT A POLICY TO MAKE THE SCHOOL PREMISES AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION BY STUDENTS, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE STUDENT'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN, IN AFTER-SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES THAT INSTRUCT PUPILS IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL, HISTORICAL, TRADITIONAL, OR RELIGIOUS JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE SUCCESS SEQUENCE AND CHARACTER EDUCATION COURSES; 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 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.