House File 2293 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2293 BY BERRY A BILL FOR An Act requiring the division of community action agencies to 1 implement a financial literacy education program for clients 2 of community action agencies and making appropriations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5934HH (3) 84 jp/nh
H.F. 2293 Section 1. Section 216A.92, subsection 2, Code 2011, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. Subject to the availability of 3 appropriations or other funding, implement a financial literacy 4 education program through grants to community action agencies 5 for the clients of the agencies. For the purposes of this 6 paragraph, “financial literacy” means being knowledgable 7 regarding the development of a spending plan, working with 8 checking and savings accounts, the use of credit and credit 9 reports, the process for securing a loan, and other financial 10 responsibility matters and financial management skills. 11 Sec. 2. FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION —— COMMUNITY ACTION 12 PROGRAMS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 13 state to the department of human rights for the fiscal year 14 beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following 15 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 16 purposes designated: 17 For the division of community action agencies to implement 18 a financial literacy education program through grants to 19 community action agencies for agency clients in accordance with 20 section 216A.92: 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 22 1. The division shall distribute the appropriation made 23 in this section through grants to recognized community action 24 agencies. 25 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 26 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 27 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain 28 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the 29 close of the succeeding fiscal year. 30 EXPLANATION 31 This bill requires the division of community action agencies 32 of the department of human rights to implement a financial 33 literacy education program for clients of community action 34 agencies. 35 -1- LSB 5934HH (3) 84 jp/nh 1/ 2
H.F. 2293 Code section 216A.92, relating to the duties of the 1 division, is amended to require the division to implement the 2 program through the agencies for the clients of the agencies. 3 The bill includes an FY 2012-2013 appropriation for purposes 4 of the program. The appropriation has a nonreversion clause 5 allowing unused funds to carry forward to be used for purposes 6 of the program in the succeeding fiscal year. 7 -2- LSB 5934HH (3) 84 jp/nh 2/ 2