HB 1710
School curriculum; require course in personal finance as graduation requirement.
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Bill overview
An act to require high school students, beginning with the class of 2032, to pass a course IN personal finance as a graduation requirement; To create the financial literacy trust fund IN the state treasury for the purpose of providing funding for the financial literacy program; To require the state board of education to administer the fund; To amend section 37-7-301, mississippi code of 1972, to delete the requirement that local school boards implement a financial literacy program for students IN grades 10 and 11; To amend section 37-16-7, mississippi code of 1972, IN conformity to the provisions of this act; To amend section 37-28-45, mississippi code of 1972, to require students IN charter schools to comply with the personal finance course graduation requirements; To bring forward section 37-1-3, mississippi code of 1972, which requires the state board of education to develop personal living and finances objectives for existing high school courses, for purposes of possible amendment; And for related purposes.
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