l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 637

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

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.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

5 co-sponsors

Adrienne Wooten, Robert L. Johnson III, Randall Patterson, Omeria Scott, Bryant W. Clark

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 1323 days

EducationJan 21 to Feb 414 days

In the SenateFeb 13 to Mar 5 · stopped20 days

EducationFeb 20 to Mar 5 · stopped13 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 21 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Education
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 13Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 18 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 18Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 13AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 13Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 18Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 20Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  7. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate