Bill Text: MS HB807 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi history course for public school students in Grade 9.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB807 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-HB807-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Clark
House Bill 807
AN ACT TO REQUIRE A COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN MISSISSIPPI HISTORY TO BE TAUGHT TO ALL STUDENTS IN GRADE 9 IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. In addition to the curriculum otherwise required by law or the State Board of Education to be taught in the public schools of this state, a comprehensive course in Mississippi history is required for all students in Grade 9. The Mississippi history course must provide students with an examination of th history of the State of Mississippi from the age of discovery and colonization to the present with particular emphasis on the significant political, social, economic and cultural issues of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries which have impacted the diverse ethnic and racial populations of the state.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.
