Mississippi House Bill 213 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Local School Districts To Provide Programs Of Education In Home Economics/family Dynamics To Students In Grades 7 Through 9; To Require Course Work To Include Instruction In Birth To Age Three Development, Financial Management And Household Finances, And Teen Pregnancy Prevention; To Require That The Curriculum And Coursework Focus On The Role Of The Family By Addressing Concerns Of The Community And Global Society By Coordinating With National Family Career And Community Leaders Of America (fccla) Programs; To Amend Section 37-13-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That State Funding For Home Economics/family Dynamics Be Included In The Adequate Education Appropriation For Each Appropriate Year; To Amend Section 37-13-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Components Of Abstinence-only Education Or Abstinence-plus Education Curriculum May Be Used By Instructors Of Home Economics/family Dynamics To Satisfy The Course Requirements For Instruction On Teen Pregnancy Prevention; To Bring Forward Section 37-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Family dynamics; include in public school curriculum as a required component.

Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-02	House	Referred To Education;Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0213.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0213IN.htm