Mississippi House Bill 1091 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Each Local School Board To Adopt A Personal Responsibility Curriculum That Includes Components On Reproductive Health By June 30, 2012; To Require The State Department To Establish A Protocol To Be Used By Districts To Provide Continuity In Teaching The Curriculum; To Provide That The Reproductive Health Component May Be Expanded Beyond The Instruction For Abstinence-based Education Within The Protocol By The Department; To Define Abstinence-based Education; To Remove The Authority Given To Local School Boards To Vote In Favor Of Eliminating Instruction On Abstinence; To Prohibit Any Teaching That Abortion Can Be Used To Prevent The Birth Of A Baby; To Provide For The Repeal Of This Section On July 1, 2015; To Amend Section 2, Chapter 507, Laws Of 2009, To Revise The Duties Of The Teen Pregnancy Task Force And To Extend The Date Of The Repeal On The Task Force To July 1, 2015; And For Related Purposes.

Sex education; require school districts to implement Personal Responsibility curriculum.

Rep. Cecil Brown [D]

Rep. Stephen Holland [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1091.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1091IN.htm