MS SB2366

State Board of Education must develop a home economics curriculum and course of study by the 2018-2019 school year for "D" and "F" rated school districts, including instruction in cooking, child development, home management, sewing, budgeting, and health/hygiene.

All local school districts must provide home economics programs in secondary schools by September 1, 2018, with programs aligned to the state-developed curriculum rather than subject to state board approval.

State funding for home economics programs shall be included in the adequate education program and vocational education appropriation bills beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, with a line item for employing at least one instructor per school district.

Section 37-31-205 is amended to remove references to "occupational home economics" and "homemaking" from vocational education program standards, with consumer education listed separately.

The act takes effect July 1, 2018.