House File 368 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY PETTENGILL
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act adding personal finance skills and financial literacy
2 requirements to the educational standards for school districts
3 and accredited nonpublic schools.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 2020YH 83
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.11, subsections 2, 3, and 4, Code
1 2 2009, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. The kindergarten program shall include experiences
1 4 designed to develop healthy emotional and social habits and
1 5 growth in the language arts and communication skills, as well
1 6 as a capacity for the completion of individual tasks, and
1 7 protect and increase physical well=being with attention given
1 8 to experiences relating to the development of life skills,
1 9 including but not limited to personal finance skills, and
1 10 human growth and development. A kindergarten teacher shall be
1 11 licensed to teach in kindergarten. An accredited nonpublic
1 12 school must meet the requirements of this subsection only if
1 13 the nonpublic school offers a kindergarten program.
1 14 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades one
1 15 through six: English=language arts, social studies, financial
1 16 literacy, mathematics, science, health, age=appropriate and
1 17 research=based human growth and development, physical
1 18 education, traffic safety, music, and visual art. The health
1 19 curriculum shall include the characteristics of communicable
1 20 diseases including acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The
1 21 state board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt
1 22 curriculum definitions for implementing the elementary
1 23 program.
1 24 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
1 25 eight: English=language arts; social studies; financial
1 26 literacy; mathematics; science; health; age=appropriate and
1 27 research=based human growth and development; family, consumer,
1 28 career, and technology education; physical education; music;
1 29 and visual art. The health curriculum shall include
1 30 age=appropriate and research=based information regarding the
1 31 characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases, including
1 32 HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and
1 33 acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part
1 34 of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions
1 35 for implementing the program in grades seven and eight.
2 1 However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of
2 2 family, consumer, career, and technology education in
2 3 nonpublic schools. For purposes of this section,
2 4 "age=appropriate", "HPV", and "research=based" mean the same
2 5 as defined in section 279.50.
2 6 Sec. 2. Section 256.11, subsection 5, Code 2009, is
2 7 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 8 NEW PARAGRAPH. k. One=half unit of financial literacy.
2 9 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
2 10 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
2 11 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
2 12 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
2 13 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
2 14 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
2 15 to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of
2 16 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding
2 17 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by
2 18 and enforcement of this Act against all affected school
2 19 districts.
2 20 EXPLANATION
2 21 This bill requires school districts and accredited
2 22 nonpublic schools to offer personal finance skills and
2 23 literacy in their kindergarten through grade 12 education
2 24 programs. The kindergarten program must include personal
2 25 finance skills; the grade 1=8 programs must include financial
2 26 literacy; and the grade 9=12 program must provide one=half
2 27 unit of financial literacy.
2 28 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 29 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 30 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 31 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 32 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 33 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 34 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 35 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
3 1 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
3 2 state mandates included in the bill.
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