MS SB2670 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Implement A Financial Literacy Curriculum To Be Taught In Grades Six Through Twelve On Or Before The 2025-2026 Academic School Year For All Mississippi Students; To Provide That Each Mississippi Student During 10th, 11th, Or 12th Grade Shall Take And Pass A One-half Carnegie Unit Credit Course In Personal Finance In Order To Earn A High School Diploma; To Establish A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The "financial Literacy Trust Fund" That Shall Provide Financial Literacy Education And Be Administered By The State Board Of Education; To Require The Board To Develop Rules And Regulations For The Implementation Of The Fund; To Authorize The Department Of Banking And Consumer Finance To Contribute A Portion Of Funds Generated From Penalties And Fees To The Financial Literacy Trust Fund; To Amend Section 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act And To Set Certain Topics That Shall Be Required For The Financial Literacy Program; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Financial literacy curriculum; require specific courses in public schools in grades six through twelve.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-03-05 | Senate | Died In Committee |
2024-02-19 | Senate | Referred To Education |
Code Citations
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2670.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2670IN.htm |