Mississippi House Bill 965 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require That Comprehensive Sex Education Be Taught In Grades K Through 12; To Require That The Instruction Emphasize Abstinence As The Expected Norm; To Establish The Criteria Required For The Instruction Of Sex Education Courses In A Manner That Is Age And Developmentally Appropriate; To Amend Section 37-13-135, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Local School Boards To Adopt Plans For The Implementation Of The Comprehensive School Health Education Program, Which Shall Include Instruction In Comprehensive Sex Education; To Amend Section 37-14-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Public School Nurses To Provide Instruction In Each Of The Components Of The Comprehensive School Health Education Program; To Require The Office Of Healthy Schools To Submit Policy Recommendations To The State Board Of Education For The Adoption Of Any Rules And Regulations Relating To The Program; To Amend Sections 37-13-131 And 37-13-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Comprehensive sex education; require to be taught in Grades K through 12.

Rep. Clara Burnett [D]	Rep. Henry Espy [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Esther Harrison [D]
Rep. Robert Huddleston [D]	Rep. America Middleton [D]	Rep. Omeria Scott [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0965.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0965IN.htm