House File 2012 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ZIRKELBACH


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the incorporation of a personal finance course
  2    into the high school curriculum.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5112HH 82
  5 ak/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph e, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    e.  Two additional units of mathematics, including one=half
  1  4 unit of personal finance.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance
  1  6 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
  1  7 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
  1  8 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
  1  9 received by the school district under section 257.16.  This
  1 10 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
  1 11 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
  1 12 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
  1 13 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
  1 14 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill requires that personal finance become a required
  1 17 course in the high school curriculum.  The bill requires that
  1 18 a one=half unit of personal finance be required as part of the
  1 19 two additional units of mathematics credits that a high school
  1 20 offers in order for a public or nonpublic school to be
  1 21 accredited by the department of education.
  1 22    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  1 23 section 25B.3.  The bill requires that the state cost of any
  1 24 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
  1 25 district from state school foundation aid received by the
  1 26 school district under Code section 257.16.  The specification
  1 27 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
  1 28 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
  1 29 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
  1 30 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
  1 31 state mandates included in the bill.
  1 32 LSB 5112HH 82
  1 33 ak/nh/5