MS HB1355 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-20 - Referred To Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 20 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-20 - Referred To Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Establish The "success Sequence And Character Education Act Of 2025"; To Require Instruction On The Value Of Completing High School, Working Fulltime, And Marrying Before Having Children; To Mandate Character Education Based On Respect, Responsibility, Family Care, Kindness, Patriotism, Marriage And Other Traditional Values; To Require The State Department Of Education To Develop And Implement A K-12 Curriculum For Success Sequence And Character Education; To Require School Districts To Adopt Or Develop Compliant Curricula; To Authorize The Use Of After-school Programs For Supplementary Instruction In Success Sequence And Character Traits; To Prohibit Proselytizing Or Political Indoctrination In Core Curriculum; To Allow Acceptance Of Federal And Private Funds For Program Implementation; To Require Reporting On Program Impact; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Character education; require State Board of Education to develop and implement curriculum for public schools.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-20 | House | Referred To Education |
Mississippi State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1355.xml |
| Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1355IN.htm |
