Mississippi Senate Bill 2102

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require That, Beginning In The 2027-2028 School Year, Every Public And Charter School Student Within The State Pass The Uscis Naturalization Civics Test As A Requirement For High School Graduation; To Provide That Students Must Pass The Test During The School Year Before Graduation; To Provide That Schools Shall Designate Faculty To Administer The Test In Writing Under Standard Testing Conditions Four Times Per School Year; To Require That The Test Consist Of 20 Questions Selected From The List Of 128 Civics Test Questions In The Uscis Question Pool; To Specify That A Student Must Answer 12 Of The 20 Questions Correctly To Pass; To Require That The Questions Be Rotated So That No Questions Are Repeated On Any Of The Four Tests Within The Same School Year; To Allow School Districts And Charter Schools Flexibility As To The Means Of Equipping Their Students With The Knowledge Needed To Pass The Test; To Authorize The State Department Of Education To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Guide School Districts And Charters Schools In Implementing This Act; And For Related Purposes.

High school graduation requirements; include passing score on U.S. citizenship test.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2026-01-09	Senate	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2102.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2102IN.htm