Mississippi House Bill 426 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
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 37-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop Curricula And Courses Of Study To Promote Vocational And Technical Education, Home Economics And Character Education Objectives For All Middle And High School Students And Students Assigned To An Alternative School Program; To Prescribe The Minimum Components To Be Included In The Curriculum; To Amend Sections 37-13-92, 37-13-151, 37-13-181 And 37-31-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 37-13-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That State Funding For Home Economics Be Included In The Adequate Education Program And Vocational Education Appropriation Bills For The Appropriate Fiscal Year; To Amend Section 37-31-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students.

Rep. Bo Brown [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]	Rep. Robert Johnson [D]	Rep. Otis Anthony [D]
Rep. Earle Banks [D]	Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]	Rep. Ronnie Crudup [D]
Rep. Oscar Denton [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Gregory Holloway [D]	Rep. Abe Hudson [D]
Rep. Solomon Osborne [D]	Rep. Orlando Paden [D]	Rep. Rufus Straughter [D]	Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]
Rep. Cheikh Taylor [D]

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0426.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0426IN.htm