Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2718

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Title

Description: Civil rights and human rights education in K-12 public school curriculum; establish commission.

Bill Text: [Introduced] [Committee Substitute] [Passed Senate] [Sent to Governor]

History of Actions:

1 01/16 (S) Referred To Education
2 01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
3 02/01 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
4 02/01 (S) Passed
5 02/03 (S) Transmitted To House
6 02/08 (H) Referred To Education;Appropriations
7 02/22 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
8 02/28 (H) DR - TSDP: AP To ED
9 02/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
10 03/08 (H) Passed
11 03/09 (H) Transmitted To Senate
12 03/14 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
13 03/14 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
14 03/20 Approved by Governor

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2006
DispositionLaw
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority
Chapter number436

Senate Committee:

House Committees:

Principal Author: Tollison

Additional Authors: Horhn, Williamson, Harden, Jordan, Frazier, Jackson (32nd), Butler, Jackson (11th), Turner, Walls

Title: AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MAKE CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION A PART OF THE K-12 CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE GUIDELINES FOR GRADE LEVEL CLASSROOM LEARNING; TO ESTABLISH A MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION COMMISSION TO INVENTORY CIVIL RIGHTS EXHIBITS AND RESOURCES AND COORDINATE CIVIL RIGHTS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 04/07/06 at 08:00.

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