MA S258

Bill

MA S258

Relative to financial literacy curriculum

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/15/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to mandating a curriculum in the public schools on personal financial literacy. Education.

AI Summary

This bill mandates that the department of education in Massachusetts develop and implement programs to teach personal financial literacy in public schools, aiming to equip students with the knowledge and skills for self-sufficiency and informed financial decision-making. The department will create a curriculum, materials, and guidelines for local school boards and accredited nonpublic schools to follow, and will also establish learning standards and objectives for personal financial literacy across all grade levels, integrating them within the existing math curriculum.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (6)

Viriato deMacedo (R)*, James Cantwell (D), Robert Hedlund (R), Donald Humason (R), Matt Muratore (R), Bruce Tarr (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2254 (on 04/28/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S258

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location	Created
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S258	11/24/2016
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S258	04/16/2015
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S258.pdf	04/16/2015

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