Mississippi House Bill 586 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Local School Boards To Include An Instructional Lesson On The Evolution Of Humanity In Its High School Biology Curriculum, Which Shall Be Taught At The Beginning Of The Biology Course; To Require That The Curriculum Be Based On Certain Evidentiary Facts And Scientific Data; To Require That The Lesson Not Be Biased Through Selective Instruction; To Require That The Lesson Have Equal Instruction From Educational Materials That Present Arguments From Both Protagonists And Antagonists Of The Theory Of Evolution; To Amend Section 37-11-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Any Discussion Of The Evolution Of Humanity Must Be Given By A Biology Teacher; And For Related Purposes.

Evolution of humanity; require local school boards to include a lesson in their high school biology curriculum.

Rep. Gary Chism [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-12		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0586.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0586IN.htm