Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1054
Financial literacy curriculum; require the State Board of Education to implement for all students in Grades 9-12.
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 2017-2018 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to March 22, 2016, 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.
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 Feb 8 – Mar 2
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Education
- Feb 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 25Read the third time in the House
- Mar 2Committee substitute adopted in the House
- Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 3 – Mar 22
- Mar 3Sent to the Senate
- Mar 11Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
- Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To EducationHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
- Feb 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
- Mar 2Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 2PassedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Mar 11Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
- Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate