State Board of Education - Financial Literacy Curriculum - Graduation Requirement

SB264 / Crossfiled as HB335 (2010)

Requiring the State Board of Education to develop curriculum content for a course in financial literacy; requiring county boards of education to implement specified curriculum content in specified high schools; requiring specified students to complete a specified course in order to graduate from high school; etc.

MASC Position:	Against
Why?	This stance was approved by the General Assembly on 2/26/10 This is an unfunded mandate with absolutely no detail. It would force the state board of education to create a curriculum for a course in something that many students do not need instruction in. It would make a brand new course a graduation requirement for students upon implementation, which is very dangerous as it would be untested. The requirement would take yet another opportunity away from students to take advanced coursed in subjects that interest them. This is a drastic and unnecessary intervention to a system that is already working very well.
Sponsors:	Senators Muse (D26), Klausmeier (R37), and Colburn (D8)
More Info:	Bill Status and Full Text on MLIS Email the MASC Bill Coordinator
Hearing Date:	2010-03-10 01:00:00 (Listed in MASC System; Confirm Here)

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Updated: Sun 28 Feb 2010 7:48 p.m.