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Introduced Session

This bill directs the State Board of Education to require that a school district incorporate in each of the grades kindergarten through eight financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in those grades. The purpose of the instruction will be to provide elementary and middle school students with the basic financial literacy necessary for sound financial decision-making. The instruction must meet the requirements established by the State Board and must: be appropriate to, and reflect the age and comprehension of, the students enrolled in the particular grade level; and include content on budgeting, savings, credit, debt, insurance, investment, and other issues associated with personal financial responsibility as determined by the State Board.

Committee Categories

Dawn Addiego (D)*,  Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D)*,  Jamel Holley (D)*,  Angela Mcknight (D)*,  Eliana Pintor Marin (D)*,  Annette Quijano (D)*,  Ronald Rice (D)*,  Benjie Wimberly (D)*,  Herbert Conaway (D),  JoAnn Downey (D),  Reed Gusciora (D),  Eric Houghtaling (D),  Gordon Johnson (D),  Yvonne Lopez (D),  Fred Madden (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),  Teresa Ruiz (D),  Troy Singleton (D),  Britnee Timberlake (D), 

Approved P.L.2018, c.167. (on 01/03/2019)