Mississippi House Bill 586 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require That The State Department Of Education Develop A Financial Credit Counseling Curriculum For Use By Each School District; To Require That The Department Work With Nonprofit Credit Unions Who Are Interested In Community Service Opportunities; To Require That The Curriculum Be Taught As An Elective Class That Is Required For Graduation; To Require That The Curriculum Include Instruction In Check Writing, Understanding Fico Scores, What Qualifies As Good And Bad Credit, Compounding Interest And Other Financial Components Dealing With Investments; And For Related Purposes.

Financial credit counseling; require curriculum to be taught as an elective class that is required for graduation.

Rep. Cheikh Taylor [D]

Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]

Rep. Solomon Osborne [D]

Rep. Robert Sanders [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Education

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0586.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0586IN.htm