Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1578: Public schools; require to adopt policies to educate students about the dangers of social media and predators.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2026
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A DATING VIOLENCE POLICY AND TO INCORPORATE INSTRUCTION ON THE POLICY AND ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IN MANDATORY COURSES; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT A MODEL DATING VIOLENCE POLICY THAT MAY BE USED BY THE VARIOUS SCHOOL BOARDS IN DEVELOPING THEIR POLICIES; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE DATING VIOLENCE POLICY IN THE DISTRICT'S CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to require school districts to adopt a dating violence policy and to incorporate instruction on the policy and on healthy relationships in mandatory courses; to require the state board of education to adopt a model dating violence policy that may be used by the various school boards in developing their policies; to require each school district to include the dating violence policy in the district's code of student conduct; to amend section 37-11-55, mississippi code of 1972, in conformity to the provisions of this act; and for related purposes.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A DATING VIOLENCE POLICY AND TO INCORPORATE INSTRUCTION ON THE POLICY AND ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IN MANDATORY COURSES; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT A MODEL DATING VIOLENCE POLICY THAT MAY BE USED BY THE VARIOUS SCHOOL BOARDS IN DEVELOPING THEIR POLICIES; TO REQUIRE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE DATING VIOLENCE POLICY IN THE DISTRICT'S CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-11-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) The Legislature finds and declares that all students have a right to work and study in a safe, supportive environment that is free from harassment, sexually-oriented material, intimidation and violence. The Legislature further finds that when a student is not properly aware of the dangers of social media, including revenge porn, blackmail, child predators and grooming of minors that the students tend to find themselves in harms way. Therefore, in an effort to reduce the occurrence of grooming of minors, revenge porn, luring of minors and human trafficking among students in our state, the Legislature declares *HR26/R1797* H. B. No. 1578 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR26/R1797 PAGE 1 (GT\KW) that the school board of each …