Mississippi House Bill 1347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To Sex Education Instruction In Public Schools; To Require The State Department Of Education And The Mississippi Department Of Health To Collectively Develop A List Of Approved Curricula Every Five Years Which Is Evidence-based, Medically Accurate And Appropriate For Middle And High School Students Beginning July 1, 2019, Which May Be Used By Local School Districts In Adopting Policies On Abstinence-only And Abstinence-plus Education; To Amend Section 37-13-173, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Parents With Opt Out Authority To Exclude Their Child From Any Instruction Or Presentation On Any Sex-related Educational Content; And For Related Purposes.

Sex education; require SDE and Department of Health to develop list of approved curricula to be used in schools and revise every five years.

Rep. Jeramey Anderson [D]

Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB1347.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1347IN.htm