Mississippi House Bill 1537 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - 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, 2020, 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]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1537.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1537IN.htm