Senate File 475 H-8145 Amend the amendment, H-8001, to Senate File 475, as amended, 1 passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 12, after line 24 by inserting: 3 < DIVISION ___ 4 FINANCIAL LITERACY 5 Sec. ___. Section 256.11, subsection 5, Code 2018, is 6 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 7 NEW PARAGRAPH . k. One-half unit of personal finance 8 literacy. All students shall complete at least one-half unit 9 of personal finance literacy as a condition of graduation. The 10 curriculum shall, at a minimum, address the following: 11 (1) Savings, including emergency fund, purchases, and 12 wealth building. 13 (2) Understanding investments, including compound and 14 simple interest, liquidity, diversification, risk return 15 ratio, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, single 16 stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental real estate, annuities, 17 commodities, and futures. 18 (3) Wealth building and college planning, including 19 long-term and short-term investing using tax-favored plans, 20 individual retirement accounts and payments from such accounts, 21 employer-sponsored retirement plans and investments, public and 22 private educational savings accounts, and uniform gifts and 23 transfers to minors. 24 (4) Credit and debt, including credit cards, payday 25 lending, rent-to-own transactions, debt consolidation, 26 automobile leasing, cosigning a loan, debt avoidance, and the 27 marketing of debt, especially to young people. 28 (5) Consumer awareness of the power of marketing on buying 29 decisions including zero percent interest offers; marketing 30 methods, including product positioning, advertising, brand 31 recognition, and personal selling; how to read a credit report 32 and correct inaccuracies; how to build a credit score; how to 33 develop a plan to deal with creditors and avoid bankruptcy; and 34 the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. 35 -1- H8001.4086 (1) 87 kh/jh 1/ 2 #1.
(6) Financial responsibility and money management, 1 including creating and living on a written budget and balancing 2 a checkbook; basic rules of successful negotiating and 3 techniques; and personality or other traits regarding money. 4 (7) Insurance, risk management, income, and career 5 decisions, including career choices that fit personality styles 6 and occupational goals, job search strategies, cover letters, 7 resumes, interview techniques, payroll taxes and other income 8 withholdings, and revenue sources for federal, state, and local 9 governments. 10 (8) Different types of insurance coverage including 11 renters, homeowners, automobile, health, disability, long-term 12 care, identity theft, and life insurance; term life, cash 13 value and whole life insurance; and insurance terms such 14 as deductible, stop loss, elimination period, replacement 15 coverage, liability, and out-of-pocket. 16 (9) Buying, selling, and renting advantages and 17 disadvantages relating to real estate, including adjustable 18 rate, balloon, conventional, government-backed, reverse, and 19 seller-financed mortgages. 20 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 21 effect July 1, 2019. > 22 2. By renumbering as necessary. 23 ______________________________ PETTENGILL of Benton -2- H8001.4086 (1) 87 kh/jh 2/ 2 #2.