Mississippi House Bill 298 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 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 Require The State Board Of Education To Promulgate Rules For The Establishment Of A Curriculum For Biblical Studies To Be Offered As Elective Courses At The High School Level; To Prescribe The Content And Objectives Of The Courses; To Require The Courses To Follow All Federal And State Guidelines In Maintaining Religious Neutrality And Accommodating The Diverse Religious Views, Traditions And Perspectives Of Students In The School; To Prohibit Courses From Endorsing, Favoring, Promoting, Disfavoring, Or Showing Hostility Toward Any Particular Religion Or Nonreligious Faith Or Religious Perspective; To Provide That The State Board Of Education Shall Not Violate Any Provision Of The United States Constitution Or Federal Law, The Mississippi Constitution Or Any State Law In Its Development Of Curriculum Content; To Amend Section 37-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop Bible Historical And Literacy Standards And Objectives For Appropriate Existing Courses At The Secondary Level Before The 2020-2021 School Year; To Bring Forward Sections 37-16-17 And 37-13-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

Bible courses; require the State Board of Education to develop a curriculum and guidelines for inclusion at the high school level.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-01-28	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0298.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0298IN.htm