Passed out of Senate Education Committee and referred to Senate Finance Committee on 2/28/25

As amended, standalone high school personal finance graduation requirement, paired with FAFSA completion requirement within the state ICAP system.

Adds to required financial literacy course for 9-12 by adding career readiness, financial literacy, and home economics concepts to the 1003.42 'Required instruction' statute for grades 9-12. Companion bill to SB816.

Adds to required financial literacy course for 9-12 by adding career readiness, financial literacy, and home economics concepts to the 1003.42 'Required instruction' statute for grades 9-12. Companion bill to HB737.

Reps. Justin Woodson, Terez Amato, Cory Chun, Diamond Garcia, Daniel Holt, Kirstin Kahaloa, Darius Kila, Lisa Kitagawa, Trish La Chica, Nicole Lowen, Lisa Marten, Scot Matayoshi, Daynette Morikawa, Mahina Poepoe, Jackson Sayama, Adrian Tam, David Tarnas, Chris Todd, Gene Ward  

Embedded requirement. Includes teacher PD and implementation rulemaking. Companion to HB936.

Sens. Glenn Wakai, Henry Aquino, Stanley Chang, Brandon Elefante, Kurt Fevella, Mike Gabbard, Troy Hashimoto, Dru Kanuha, Michelle Kidani, Donna Kim, Chris Lee, Karl Rhoads, Tim Richards, and Joy San Buenaventura.

Requires students in Gr. 9-12 to complete one-half credit in financial literacy before graduation, requires financial literacy instruction K-12, and requires the Board of Education to provide financial literacy professional development. Companion to HB865.

Reps. Cory Chun, Terez Amato, Kirstin Kahaloa, Rachele Fernandez Lamosao, Mike Lee, Nicole Lowen, Lisa Marten, Scot Matayoshi, Tyson Miyake, Mahina Poepoe, Jenna Takenouchi, Adrian Tam, David Tarnas, Chris Todd

Requires HDOE to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student starting 2026-2027.

Reps. Trish La Chica, Diamond Garcia, Darius Kila, Sam Kong, Nicole Lowen, Scot Matayoshi, Tyson Miyake, Ikaika Olds, Elijah Pierick, Mahina Poepoe, Kanani Souza, Adrian Tam, Chris Todd, and Gene Ward 

Requires students in Gr. 9-12 to complete one-half credit in financial literacy before graduation, requires financial literacy instruction K-12, and requires the Board of Education to provide financial literacy professional development. Companion to SB605.

Embedded requirement. Includes teacher PD and implementation rulemaking. Companion to SB1277.

Sens. Tim Richards, Stanley Chang, Samantha DeCorte, Brandon Elefante, Troy Hashimoto, Dru Kanuha, Donna Kim, and Joy San Buenaventura

Very similar to SB91. Requires HDOE to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student starting 2026-2027.

Sens. Brandon Elefante, Henry Aquino, Stanley Chang, Kurt Fevella, Troy Hashimoto, Dru Kanuha, Chris Lee, Donna Kim, and Sharon Moriwaki

Requires the HDOE to include the teaching of financial literacy in the personal transition plan requirement for each student beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.

Grant program for financial education and career preparedness curriculum adoption in schools. Companion bill to HB1135

Grant program for financial education and career preparedness curriculum adoption in schools. Companion bill to SB481.

Reps. Michael Meredith, Steve Bratcher, Beverly Chester-Burton, Daniel Elliott, Ken Fleming, Vanessa Grossl, Sarah Stalker

Adds paying for postsecondary education as a content expectation in the state's required one-credit Financial Literacy course.

Reps. Edward Crockett, Marshall Archer, Arthur Bell, William Bridgeo, Nathan Carlow, Sheila Lyman, Karen Montell, and David Rollins

Reps. David Rollins, William Bridgeo, Deqa Dhalac, Andrew Gattine, and Kimberly Haggan; Sen. Richard Bradstreet

Directs the DOE to report on financial literacy education in the Maine System of Learning Results

Requires each county board of ed to allow successful completion of eligible financial literacy courses to fulfill student service hours graduation requirement. Begins with 2026-2027 school year. Cross-filed with HB326.

Hearing scheduled for 3/7/25 at 1:00pm in Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee

Requires each county board of ed to allow successful completion of eligible financial literacy courses to fulfill student service hours graduation requirement. Begins with 2026-2027 school year.

Embedded financial education standards. Establishes fund for implementation. Companion to HD931 and SD1175.

Embedded financial education standards. Establishes an implementation fund. Identical to SD1175 and H46.

Embedded financial education standards. Establishes fund for implementation. Identical to HD391 and H46.

Sens. Dennis DeBar, Daniel Sparks, Robin Robinson, David Parker, Sarita Simmons, Michael McLendon, Tyler McCaughn, Benjamin Suber, Chad Mcmahan, Nicole Boyd, Albert Butler, and Walter Michel

Since Mississippi already requires a personal finance course in high schools, the impact of this proposal is unclear. Requires a 1/2 Carnegie Unit Personal Finance Course which all students are already required to take in the statewide College and Career Readiness course.

Requires state BOE to create a financial literacy curriculum for Gr. 6-8 by 2026-2027; Requires passage of a 1/2 Carnegie Unit Course in Financial Literacy as a graduation requirement for all public high school students. Mississippi already has a 1-year HS Financial Literacy graduation requirement, so the high school component is redundant.

Sens. Marilyn Dondero Loop, Edgar Flores, Michelee Cruz-Crawford, Richard Daly, Roberta Lange, Rochelle Nguyen, James Ohrenschall, Julie Pazina, Melanie Scheible; Reps. Duy Nguyen, Natha Anderson, and Joe Dalia

Financial literacy course to be offered for students in Gr. 9-12. Prescribes standard areas.

Instruction in financial education be provided to pupils in Gr. 9-12 (companion bill to S95)

Sens. Leroy Comrie, Joseph Addabbo, Jeremy Cooney, Nathalia Fernandez, Patrick Gallivan, Robert Jackson, Rachel May, Zellnor Myrie, Luis Sepulveda, and Alexis Weik     

Requires high schools in Gr 9-12 to provide a course in financial literacy; requires students to complete such course as a condition of graduation.

Reps. Brandy Pyle, Karen Grindberg, Anna Novak, Emily O'Brien, Cynthia Schreiber-Beck, and Dan Vollmer; Sens. Michelle Axtman, Sean Cleary, and Scott Meyer       

Senate Education Committee hearing on 3/19/25. Amended to remove standalone course provision on 2/12/25. Passed second reading 90-0 on 2/21/25. Transmitted to Senate on 2/24/25.

Requires the SBOE to require high school students to complete at least one course with two-thirds of instruction time in personal financial literacy.

Reps. Skyler Rude, Monica Stonier, Debra Lekanoff, Beth Doglio, Travis Couture, April Connors, Liz Berry, Dan Bronoske, Mari Leavitt, Cindy Ryu, Lauren Davis, Andrew Barkis, Ed Orcutt, Cyndy Jacobsen, Roger Goodman, Jim Walsh, Mike Steele, Dave Paul, Steve Tharinger, Mark Klicker, Greg Nance, Carolyn Eslick, Jamila Taylor, Michelle Caldier, Lisa Parshley, Michael Keaton, John Ley, Joe Timmons, Gerry Pollet, Jake Fey, Tarra Simmons, Natasha Hill

"[Intent] to make financial education instruction a graduation requirement" for the graduating class of 2033. Includes local school board implementation plans, State Board and Financial Education Public Private Partnership implementation plans. Companion Bill to SB5080.

Sen. Javier Valdez, Adrian Cortes, Paul Harris, Deborah Krishnadasan, Marko Liias, T'wina Nobles, Tina Orwall, Marcus Riccelli, Rebecca Saldana, Sharon Shewmake, Yasmin Trudeau, Claire Wilson

"[Intent] to make financial education instruction a graduation requirement" for the graduating class of 2033. Includes local school board implementation plans, State Board and Financial Education Public Private Partnership implementation plans. Companion bill to HB1285.