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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 852
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 852
8	6		January Session, 2019
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ESTABLISHING OF A PERSONAL
15		-	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.
	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E INCLUSION OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL
	20	+	MANAGEMENT IN THE PU BLIC SCHOOL CURRICUL UM AND THE
	21	+	ESTABLISHMENT OF A P ERSONAL FINANCIAL MA NAGEMENT
	22	+	PILOT PROGRAM.
16	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	24		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1
20		-	2020, and June 30, 2021, there is established a personal financial 2
21		-	management pilot program to be administered by the Capitol Region 3
22		-	Education Council. The council shall assist member school districts in 4
23		-	the provision of personal financial management instruction using the 5
24		-	curriculum materials made available by the State Board of Education, 6
25		-	pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-16b of the general statutes, 7
26		-	during the school year commencing July 1, 2020. Such assistance by the 8
27		-	council may include, but need not be limited to, the collection and 9
28		-	dissemination of curriculum materials, as developed in the plan 10
29		-	provided under section 10-16pp of the general statutes, and the use of 11
30		-	advisors who have expertise in personal financial management and 12
31		-	who can provide assistance to teachers in such personal financial 13
32		-	management instruction in classrooms. For purposes of this section, 14
33		-	"member school districts" means those local and regional boards of 15
34		-	education that are members of the Capitol Region Education Council. 16
35		-	Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2019) The sum of one hundred thousand 17
36		-	dollars is appropriated to the Department of Education, from the 18
37		-	General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, for the Capitol 19 Substitute Bill No. 852
	26	+	Section 1. Section 10-16b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	27	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2021): 2
	28	+	(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 3
	29	+	include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 4
	30	+	qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education; 5
	31	+	personal financial management, including, but not limited to, financial 6
	32	+	literacy as developed in the plan provided under section 10-16pp; 7
	33	+	health and safety, including, but not limited to, human growth and 8
	34	+	development, nutrition, first aid, including cardiopulmonary 9
	35	+	resuscitation training in accordance with the provisions of section 10-10
	36	+	16qq, disease prevention and cancer awareness, including, but not 11
	37	+	limited to, age and developmentally appropriate instruction in 12
	38	+	performing self-examinations for the purposes of screening for breast 13 Raised Bill No. 852
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44		-	Region Education Council to prepare for the administration of the 20
45		-	personal financial management pilot program, established pursuant to 21
46		-	section 1 of this act. 22
47		-	Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2020) The sum of one hundred thousand 23
48		-	dollars is appropriated to the Department of Education, from the 24
49		-	General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, for the Capitol 25
50		-	Region Education Council to administer the personal financial 26
51		-	management pilot program, established pursuant to section 1 of this 27
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	44	+	cancer and testicular cancer, community and consumer health, 14
	45	+	physical, mental and emotional health, including youth suicide 15
	46	+	prevention, substance abuse prevention, including instruction relating 16
	47	+	to opioid use and related disorders, safety, which shall include the safe 17
	48	+	use of social media, as defined in section 9-601, and may include the 18
	49	+	dangers of gang membership, and accident prevention; language arts, 19
	50	+	including reading, writing, grammar, speaking and spelling; 20
	51	+	mathematics; physical education; science, which may include the 21
	52	+	climate change curriculum described in subsection (d) of this section; 22
	53	+	social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, economics, 23
	54	+	geography, government, history and Holocaust and genocide 24
	55	+	education and awareness in accordance with the provisions of section 25
	56	+	10-18f; computer programming instruction; and in addition, on at least 26
	57	+	the secondary level, one or more world languages and vocational 27
	58	+	education. For purposes of this subsection, world languages [shall 28
	59	+	include] includes American Sign Language, provided such subject 29
	60	+	matter is taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a 30
	61	+	teacher who holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. 31
	62	+	For purposes of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or 32
	63	+	performing arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, 33
	64	+	music, art and theatre. 34
	65	+	(b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to 35
	66	+	take a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil 36
	67	+	identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such 37
	68	+	pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is 38
	69	+	made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. 39
	70	+	(c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, 40
	71	+	1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the 41
	72	+	Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of 42
	73	+	Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least 43
	74	+	the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that 44
	75	+	such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. 45
	76	+	(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum 46 Raised Bill No. 852
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	82	+	materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional 47
	83	+	boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to 48
	84	+	this section. The State Board of Education, within available 49
	85	+	appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist 50
	86	+	and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) 51
	87	+	Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical 52
	88	+	events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American 53
	89	+	history; (4) Puerto Rican history; (5) Native American history; (6) 54
	90	+	personal financial management, including, but not limited to, financial 55
	91	+	literacy as developed in the plan provided under section 10-16pp; (7) 56
	92	+	training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automatic 57
	93	+	external defibrillators; (8) labor history and law, including organized 58
	94	+	labor, the collective bargaining process, existing legal protections in the 59
	95	+	workplace, the history and economics of free market capitalism and 60
	96	+	entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and capitalism in the 61
	97	+	development of the American and world economies; (9) climate 62
	98	+	change consistent with the Next Generation Science Standards; (10) 63
	99	+	topics approved by the state board upon the request of local or 64
	100	+	regional boards of education as part of the program of instruction 65
	101	+	offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and (11) instruction 66
	102	+	relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, inclusive. The 67
	103	+	Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be available 68
	104	+	to each local and regional board of education for the development of 69
	105	+	curriculum on climate change as described in this subsection. 70
	106	+	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 71
	107	+	2019, and June 30, 2020, there is established a personal financial 72
	108	+	management pilot program to be administered by the Capitol Region 73
	109	+	Education Council. The council shall assist member school districts in 74
	110	+	the provision of personal financial management instruction using the 75
	111	+	curriculum materials made available by the State Board of Education 76
	112	+	pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-16b of the general statutes, as 77
	113	+	amended by this act, during the school year commencing July 1, 2020. 78
	114	+	Such assistance by the council may include, but need not be limited to, 79
	115	+	the collection and dissemination of curriculum materials, as developed 80 Raised Bill No. 852
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	121	+	in the plan provided under section 10-16pp of the general statutes, and 81
	122	+	the use of advisors who have expertise in personal financial 82
	123	+	management and who can provide assistance to teachers in such 83
	124	+	personal financial management instruction in classrooms. For 84
	125	+	purposes of this section, "member school districts" means those local 85
	126	+	and regional boards of education that are members of the Capitol 86
	127	+	Region Education Council. 87
	128	+	Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2019) The sum of one hundred thousand 88
	129	+	dollars is appropriated to the Department of Education, from the 89
	130	+	General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, for the Capitol 90
	131	+	Region Education Council to prepare for the administration of the 91
	132	+	personal financial management pilot program, established pursuant to 92
	133	+	section 2 of this act. 93
	134	+	Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2020) The sum of one hundred thousand 94
	135	+	dollars is appropriated to the Department of Education, from the 95
	136	+	General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, for the Capitol 96
	137	+	Region Education Council to administer the personal financial 97
	138	+	management pilot program, established pursuant to section 2 of this 98
	139	+	act. 99
53	140		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
54	141		sections:
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56		-	Section 1 from passage New section
57		-	Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 New section
58		-	Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 New section
	143	+	Section 1 January 1, 2021 10-16b
	144	+	Sec. 2 from passage New section
	145	+	Sec. 3 July 1, 2019 New section
	146	+	Sec. 4 July 1, 2020 New section
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60		-	ED Joint Favorable Subst. C/R APP
	148	+	Statement of Purpose:
	149	+	To include personal financial management in the public school
	150	+	curriculum and to establish a pilot program for the teaching of
	151	+	personal financial management in certain school districts.
	152	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	153	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	154	+	not underlined.]
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