Comprehensive Health Education; include domestic violence and dating violence prevention education for public schools.

HB 1464 would have required Mississippi public schools to include domestic violence and dating violence prevention education within their health curriculum. The bill mandated that the State Department of Education, in partnership with the State Department of Health and the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, provide training and resources to educators for this instruction. The curriculum would cover defining dating violence, recognizing warning signs, promoting healthy relationships, and prevention strategies, with schools required to give students a copy of their dating violence policy. This bill would have directly affected all public school districts in Mississippi by adding specific content to health education classes.