Mississippi House Bill 50 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education, School Superintendents And Other Public School District Administrators And Principals To Create An Environment That Encourages Students To Explore Scientific Questions, Learn About Scientific Evidence And Develop Critical Thinking Skills About Scientific Subjects Required To Be Taught Under The Curriculum Framework Developed By The State Board Of Education; To Require These Entities To Assist Teachers In Finding Effective Methods Of Presenting The Science Curriculum Framework Developed By The State Board Of Education As It Addresses Scientific Subjects That May Cause Debate And Disputation; To Prohibit These Entities From Prohibiting Teachers From Helping Students Understand, Analyze, Critique And Review The Scientific Strengths And Weaknesses Of All Existing Scientific Theories Taught Under The Curriculum Framework Developed By The State Board Of Education; And For Related Purposes.

Science Curriculum; prohibit any state board or local school board prohibition on teacher providing instruction of evolution theory.

Rep. Mark Formby [R]

Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. John Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0050.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0050IN.htm