MS HB992 | 2016 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Amend Section 37-13-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Curriculum On Sex-related Education And To Require The Local School Board Of Each School District To Adopt The Program On Personal Responsibility Education Developed By The Mississippi Department Of Human Services And The Department Of Health; To Require That Instruction In Personal Responsibility Education Shall Be Taught At Least Once In Grades 6 To 8 And Again At Least Once In Grades 9 To 12; To Give Districts The Autonomy To Choose Different Curriculum Offered At The Middle And High School Levels, If Applicable; To Require The State Department Of Education To Publish A List Of Approved Curriculums On Its Website; To Require The Curriculum To Be Evidenced Based And To Define Such Term; To Require The State Department To Approve Each District's Curriculum For Personal Responsibility Education; To Stipulate That The Curriculum Must Include Information That Abstinence Is The Only Effective Way To Prevent Unintended Pregnancy; To Remove Certain Provisions Relating To Abstinence-only And Abstinence-plus Education Programs; To Require The State Department Of Education To Submit Annual Reports To The Education Committees Of The House And Senate And Prescribe The Content To Be Included In Such Reports; To Require Each School District To Provide A Written Consent Form To Parents And Legal Guardians Of Students Eligible To Participate In Personal Responsibility Education And The Content To Be Contained Thereon; To Provide For The Repeal Of This Act On July 1, 2021; To Bring Forward Section 37-13-173, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Sex-related education; revise curriculum content and rename as "personal responsibility" education.

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-02-23HouseDied In Committee
2016-02-08HouseReferred To Education

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