Mississippi House Bill 973 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement A Financial Literacy Curriculum For Public Schools On Or Before The 2014-2015 Academic School Year; To Provide That The Course In Financial Literacy Shall Account For A One-half Carnegie Unit; To Require Successful Passage Of The Course As A Graduation Requirement; To Establish The "financial Literacy Trust Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide For The Funds Administration; To Amend Section 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to revise grades for which offered.

Rep. Sherra Hillman Lane [D]	Rep. James Evans [D]	Rep. Bob Evans [D]	Rep. Herb Frierson [R]
Rep. Kevin Horan [R]	Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]	Rep. Gary Staples [R]	Rep. Bobby Moak [D]
Rep. Randall Patterson [R]	Rep. Brent Powell [R]	Rep. Jody Steverson [R]	Rep. David Baria [D]
Rep. Alex Monsour [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-02-03	House	DR - TSDP: ED To AP
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Education;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0973.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0973IN.htm