Bill Text: IA SSB1029 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a financial literacy requirement under the state's educational standards.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-01-28 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1029 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1029-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1029
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SINCLAIR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
financial
literacy
requirement
under
the
1
state’s
educational
standards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
k,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
as
enacted
by
2018
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
2
1119,
section
20,
as
amended
by
2018
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1163,
3
section
10,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
One-half
unit
of
personal
finance
literacy.
All
students
,
5
beginning
with
the
students
in
the
2022-2023
school
year
6
graduating
class,
shall
complete
at
least
one-half
unit
of
7
personal
finance
literacy
as
a
condition
of
graduation.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
establishes
that
the
requirement
that
all
high
12
school
students
enrolled
in
school
districts
and
accredited
13
nonpublic
schools
take
a
one-half
unit
course
in
personal
14
finance
literacy,
as
a
condition
of
graduation,
commences
with
15
the
students
in
the
2022-2023
school
year
graduating
class.
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