2025 Regular Session School curriculum; require that schools teach civics courses before completion of high school. AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-13-56, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT, BEGINNING IN THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR, EVERY PUBLIC AND CHARTER SCHOOL WITHIN THE STATE SHALL TEACH CIVICS COURSES STARTING IN THE 8TH GRADE AND BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF 12TH GRADE; TO PROVIDE THE AIM AND CONTENT OF SUCH COURSES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PRESCRIBE THE COURSE OF STUDY AND SHALL UPDATE COURSE STANDARDS TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT CIVICS SCHOLARSHIP; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 03/09/25 at 22:45 S B 2605 Senate Bill 2605 SB 2605 S Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority ** See Text Education T ../../House_cmtes/ED.xml Education F ../../Senate_cmtes/ED.xml Wiggins ../../Senate_authors/Wiggins.xml Seymour ../../Senate_authors/Seymour.xml Rhodes ../../Senate_authors/Rhodes.xml McLendon ../../Senate_authors/McLendon.xml 1 01/20 (S) Referred To Education 2 01/31 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/13 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/13 (S) Amended 5 02/13 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2025/pdf/votes/senate/0380021.pdf 6 02/17 (S) Transmitted To House 7 02/18 (H) Referred To Education 8 03/04 (H) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2605PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605PS.htm ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2605IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605IN.htm ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2605CS.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605CS.htm ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2605PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2025/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2605PS.htm Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2605_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2025/html/sam/SB2605_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote Amendment No 1 to Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) Adopted ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/sam/SB2605_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2025/html/sam/SB2605_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01_to_Amend_01.htm Voice Vote N ../../../../documents/2025/pdf/fiscalnotes/SB2605.pdf