l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 973

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

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 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

12 co-sponsors

James Evans, Bob Evans, Herb Frierson, Kevin Horan, Thomas U. Reynolds, Gary V. Staples, Bobby Moak, Randall Patterson, Brent Powell, Jody Steverson, David Baria, Alex Monsour

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 20 to Feb 314 days

AppropriationsFeb 3 to Feb 4 · stopped1 day

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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Reported from ED to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3DR - TSDP: ED To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives