House File 376 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COWNIE and HAGENOW 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 education programs school districts and 3 accredited nonpublic schools must offer. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1930YH 83 6 kh/nh/8 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 that meets the core curriculum requirements established 2 10 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph "a". 2 11 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 2 12 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 2 13 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 2 14 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 2 15 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 2 16 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 2 17 to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of 2 18 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 2 19 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by 2 20 and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 2 21 districts. 2 22 EXPLANATION 2 23 This bill requires school districts and accredited 2 24 nonpublic schools to offer personal finance skills and 2 25 literacy in their kindergarten through grade 12 education 2 26 programs. The kindergarten program must include personal 2 27 finance skills; the grade 1=8 programs must include financial 2 28 literacy; and the grade 9=12 program must provide one=half 2 29 unit of financial literacy that meets the core curriculum 2 30 requirements established by the state board of education. 2 31 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 2 32 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any 2 33 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 2 34 district from state school foundation aid received by the 2 35 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 3 1 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state 3 2 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2. 3 3 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate 3 4 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any 3 5 state mandates included in the bill. 3 6 LSB 1930YH 83 3 7 kh/nh/8