Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of Grades K-12.

HB 214 requires comprehensive sex education in Mississippi public schools for grades K-12, emphasizing abstinence as the expected norm while mandating medically accurate instruction on STI prevention, contraception effectiveness, and healthy relationships. It specifies that all course materials must be age-appropriate, fact-based, and include topics like HIV prevention, consequences of unintended pregnancy, and sexual assault resources. Parents may opt their children out of the program in writing without academic penalty. The bill died in committee on February 3, 2026, and was never enacted into law.