Mississippi House Bill 647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop Curricula For Courses In Coding And Effects Of Social Media To Be Implemented In The Public And Charter Schools In The State And Taught On An Age-and Grade-appropriate Basis; To Provide For The Phased-in Implementation Of The Coding Curriculum For Students In Kindergarten Through Grade 12, Beginning With The 2020-2021 School Year; To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement A Policy Requiring All Local School Districts To Adopt A Policy On Regulating The Use Of Social Media In The School Environment By Employees Of The School District; To Prescribe The Components To Be Included In Courses Offered In Coding And Effects Of Social Media; And For Related Purposes.

Computer coding and role of social media; require State Board of Education to develop curricula for implementation in public and charter schools.

Rep. Zakiya Summers [D]

Rep. Bo Brown [D]

Rep. Daryl Porter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-06	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0647.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0647IN.htm