Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05434 Compare Versions

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19	19	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E TREASURER'S RECOMM ENDATIONS
20	20	FOR THE INCLUSION OF FINANCIAL LITERACY IN THE PUBLIC
21	21	SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	23	Assembly convened:
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25	25	Section 1. Section 10-16b of the 2020 supplement to the general 1
26	26	statutes, as amended by section 1 of public act 19-12, is repealed and the 2
27	27	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 3
28	28	(a) In the public schools the program of instruction offered shall 4
29	29	include at least the following subject matter, as taught by legally 5
30	30	qualified teachers, the arts; career education; consumer education, 6
31	31	which shall include personal financial management in accordance with 7
32	32	the provisions of section 2 of this act; health and safety, including, but 8
33	33	not limited to, human growth and development, nutrition, first aid, 9
34	34	including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in accordance with 10
35	35	the provisions of section 10-16qq, disease prevention and cancer 11
36	36	awareness, including, but not limited to, age and developmentally 12
37	37	appropriate instruction in performing self-examinations for the 13
38	38	purposes of screening for breast cancer and testicular cancer, 14 Raised Bill No. 5434
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44	44	community and consumer health, physical, mental and emotional 15
45	45	health, including youth suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention, 16
46	46	including instruction relating to opioid use and related disorders, safety, 17
47	47	which shall include the safe use of social media, as defined in section 9-18
48	48	601, and may include the dangers of gang membership, and accident 19
49	49	prevention; language arts, including reading, writing, grammar, 20
50	50	speaking and spelling; mathematics; physical education; science, which 21
51	51	may include the climate change curriculum described in subsection (d) 22
52	52	of this section; social studies, including, but not limited to, citizenship, 23
53	53	economics, geography, government, history and Holocaust and 24
54	54	genocide education and awareness in accordance with the provisions of 25
55	55	section 10-18f; African-American and black studies in accordance with 26
56	56	the provisions of section 10-16ss; Puerto Rican and Latino studies in 27
57	57	accordance with the provisions of section 10-16ss; computer 28
58	58	programming instruction; and in addition, on at least the secondary 29
59	59	level, one or more world languages; vocational education; and the black 30
60	60	and Latino studies course in accordance with the provisions of sections 31
61	61	10-16tt and 10-16uu. For purposes of this subsection, world languages 32
62	62	shall include American Sign Language, provided such subject matter is 33
63	63	taught by a qualified instructor under the supervision of a teacher who 34
64	64	holds a certificate issued by the State Board of Education. For purposes 35
65	65	of this subsection, the "arts" means any form of visual or performing 36
66	66	arts, which may include, but not be limited to, dance, music, art and 37
67	67	theatre. 38
68	68	(b) If a local or regional board of education requires its pupils to take 39
69	69	a course in a world language, the parent or guardian of a pupil 40
70	70	identified as deaf or hard of hearing may request in writing that such 41
71	71	pupil be exempted from such requirement and, if such a request is 42
72	72	made, such pupil shall be exempt from such requirement. 43
73	73	(c) Each local and regional board of education shall on September 1, 44
74	74	1982, and annually thereafter at such time and in such manner as the 45
75	75	Commissioner of Education shall request, attest to the State Board of 46
76	76	Education that such local or regional board of education offers at least 47
77	77	the program of instruction required pursuant to this section, and that 48 Raised Bill No. 5434
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83	83	such program of instruction is planned, ongoing and systematic. 49
84	84	(d) The State Board of Education shall make available curriculum 50
85	85	materials and such other materials as may assist local and regional 51
86	86	boards of education in developing instructional programs pursuant to 52
87	87	this section. The State Board of Education, within available 53
88	88	appropriations and utilizing available resource materials, shall assist 54
89	89	and encourage local and regional boards of education to include: (1) 55
90	90	Holocaust and genocide education and awareness; (2) the historical 56
91	91	events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland; (3) African-American 57
92	92	and black studies; (4) Puerto Rican and Latino studies; (5) Native 58
93	93	American history; (6) personal financial management, including, but not 59
94	94	limited to, financial literacy as developed in the plan provided under 60
95	95	section 10-16pp; (7) training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the 61
96	96	use of automatic external defibrillators; (8) labor history and law, 62
97	97	including organized labor, the collective bargaining process, existing 63
98	98	legal protections in the workplace, the history and economics of free 64
99	99	market capitalism and entrepreneurialism, and the role of labor and 65
100	100	capitalism in the development of the American and world economies; 66
101	101	(9) climate change consistent with the Next Generation Science 67
102	102	Standards; (10) topics approved by the state board upon the request of 68
103	103	local or regional boards of education as part of the program of 69
104	104	instruction offered pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and (11) 70
105	105	instruction relating to the Safe Haven Act, sections 17a-57 to 17a-61, 71
106	106	inclusive. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 72
107	107	shall be available to each local and regional board of education for the 73
108	108	development of curriculum on climate change as described in this 74
109	109	subsection. 75
110	110	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) For the school year 76
111	111	commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year thereafter, each local and 77
112	112	regional board of education shall include personal financial 78
113	113	management, including, but not limited to, financial literacy as 79
114	114	developed in the plan provided under section 10-16pp of the general 80
115	115	statutes, as part of the consumer education curriculum for the school 81
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122	122	by this act. In developing and implementing the personal financial 83
123	123	management curriculum, the board may utilize existing and 84
124	124	appropriate public or private materials, personnel and other resources, 85
125	125	including the curriculum materials made available by the State Board of 86
126	126	Education pursuant to subsection (d) of section 10-16b of the general 87
127	127	statutes, as amended by this act. 88
128	128	(b) A local or regional board of education may accept gifts, grants and 89
129	129	donations, including in-kind donations, designated for the development 90
130	130	and implementation of the personal financial management curriculum 91
131	131	under this section. 92
132	132	Sec. 3. Section 10-221a of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 93
133	133	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 94
134	134	1, 2020): 95
135	135	(a) For classes graduating from 1988 to 2003, inclusive, no local or 96
136	136	regional board of education shall permit any student to graduate from 97
137	137	high school or grant a diploma to any student who has not satisfactorily 98
138	138	completed a minimum of twenty credits, not fewer than four of which 99
139	139	shall be in English, not fewer than three in mathematics, not fewer than 100
140	140	three in social studies, not fewer than two in science, not fewer than one 101
141	141	in the arts or vocational education and not fewer than one in physical 102
142	142	education. 103
143	143	(b) For classes graduating from 2004 to 2022, inclusive, no local or 104
144	144	regional board of education shall permit any student to graduate from 105
145	145	high school or grant a diploma to any student who has not satisfactorily 106
146	146	completed a minimum of twenty credits, not fewer than four of which 107
147	147	shall be in English, not fewer than three in mathematics, not fewer than 108
148	148	three in social studies, including at least a one-half credit course on 109
149	149	civics and American government, not fewer than two in science, not 110
150	150	fewer than one in the arts or vocational education and not fewer than 111
151	151	one in physical education. 112
152	152	(c) Commencing with classes graduating in 2023, and for each 113
153	153	graduating class thereafter, no local or regional board of education shall 114 Raised Bill No. 5434
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159	159	permit any student to graduate from high school or grant a diploma to 115
160	160	any student who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of twenty-116
161	161	five credits, including not fewer than: (1) Nine credits in the humanities, 117
162	162	including civics and the arts; (2) nine credits in science, technology, 118
163	163	engineering and mathematics; (3) one credit in physical education and 119
164	164	wellness; (4) one credit in health and safety education, as described in 120
165	165	section 10-16b, as amended by this act; (5) one credit in world languages, 121
166	166	subject to the provisions of subsection [(g)] (h) of this section; and (6) a 122
167	167	one credit mastery-based diploma assessment. 123
168	168	(d) Commencing with classes graduating in 2025, and for each 124
169	169	graduating class thereafter, no local or regional board of education shall 125
170	170	permit any student to graduate from high school or grant a diploma to 126
171	171	any student who has not satisfactorily completed a minimum of twenty-127
172	172	five credits, including not fewer than: (1) Nine credits in the humanities, 128
173	173	including civics and the arts; (2) nine credits in science, technology, 129
174	174	engineering and mathematics; (3) one credit in physical education and 130
175	175	wellness; (4) one credit in health and safety education, as described in 131
176	176	section 10-16b, as amended by this act; (5) one credit in world languages, 132
177	177	subject to the provisions of subsection (h) of this section; and (6) a one 133
178	178	credit mastery-based diploma assessment. At least one credit, which 134
179	179	may count toward the requirement described in subdivision (2) of this 135
180	180	subsection shall be in personal financial management. 136
181	181	[(d)] (e) Commencing with classes graduating in 2023, and for each 137
182	182	graduating class thereafter, local and regional boards of education shall 138
183	183	provide adequate student support and remedial services for students 139
184	184	beginning in grade seven. Such student support and remedial services 140
185	185	shall provide alternate means for a student to complete any of the high 141
186	186	school graduation requirements described in subsection (c) of this 142
187	187	section, if such student is unable to satisfactorily complete any of the 143
188	188	required courses or exams. Such student support and remedial services 144
189	189	shall include, but not be limited to, (1) allowing students to retake 145
190	190	courses in summer school or through an on-line course; (2) allowing 146
191	191	students to enroll in a class offered at a constituent unit of the state 147
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199	199	students who received a failing score, as determined by the 150
200	200	Commissioner of Education, on an end of the school year exam to take 151
201	201	an alternate form of the exam; and (4) allowing those students whose 152
202	202	individualized education programs state that such students are eligible 153
203	203	for an alternate assessment to demonstrate competency on any of the 154
204	204	five core courses through success on such alternate assessment. 155
205	205	[(e)] (f) Any student who presents a certificate from a physician or 156
206	206	advanced practice registered nurse stating that, in the opinion of the 157
207	207	physician or advanced practice registered nurse, participation in 158
208	208	physical education is medically contraindicated because of the physical 159
209	209	condition of such student, shall be excused from the physical education 160
210	210	requirement, provided the credit for physical education may be fulfilled 161
211	211	by an elective. 162
212	212	[(f)] (g) Determination of eligible credits shall be at the discretion of 163
213	213	the local or regional board of education, provided the primary focus of 164
214	214	the curriculum of eligible credits corresponds directly to the subject 165
215	215	matter of the specified course requirements. The local or regional board 166
216	216	of education may permit a student to graduate during a period of 167
217	217	expulsion pursuant to section 10-233d, if the board determines the 168
218	218	student has satisfactorily completed the necessary credits pursuant to 169
219	219	this section. The requirements of this section shall apply to any student 170
220	220	requiring special education pursuant to section 10-76a, except when the 171
221	221	planning and placement team for such student determines the 172
222	222	requirement not to be appropriate. For purposes of this section, a credit 173
223	223	shall consist of not less than the equivalent of a forty-minute class period 174
224	224	for each school day of a school year except for a credit or part of a credit 175
225	225	toward high school graduation earned (1) at an institution accredited by 176
226	226	the Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher 177
227	227	Education or regionally accredited, (2) through on-line coursework that 178
228	228	is in accordance with a policy adopted pursuant to subsection [(g)] (h) 179
229	229	of this section, or (3) through a demonstration of mastery based on 180
230	230	competency and performance standards, in accordance with guidelines 181
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237	237	[(g)] (h) Only courses taken in grades nine to twelve, inclusive, and 183
238	238	that are in accordance with the state-wide subject matter content 184
239	239	standards, adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 185
240	240	10-4, shall satisfy the graduation requirements set forth in this section, 186
241	241	except that a local or regional board of education may grant a student 187
242	242	credit (1) toward meeting the high school graduation requirements 188
243	243	upon the successful demonstration of mastery of the subject matter 189
244	244	content described in this section achieved through educational 190
245	245	experiences and opportunities that provide flexible and multiple 191
246	246	pathways to learning, including cross -curricular graduation 192
247	247	requirements, career and technical education, virtual learning, work-193
248	248	based learning, service learning, dual enrollment and early college, 194
249	249	courses taken in middle school, internships and student-designed 195
250	250	independent studies, provided such demonstration of mastery is in 196
251	251	accordance with such state-wide subject matter content standards; (2) 197
252	252	toward meeting a specified course requirement upon the successful 198
253	253	completion in grade seven or eight of any course, the primary focus of 199
254	254	which corresponds directly to the subject matter of a specified course 200
255	255	requirement in grades nine to twelve, inclusive; (3) toward meeting the 201
256	256	high school graduation requirement upon the successful completion of 202
257	257	a world language course (A) in grade six, seven or eight, (B) through on-203
258	258	line coursework, or (C) offered privately through a nonprofit provider, 204
259	259	provided such student achieves a passing grade on an examination 205
260	260	prescribed, within available appropriations, by the Commissioner of 206
261	261	Education and such credits do not exceed four; (4) toward meeting the 207
262	262	high school graduation requirement upon achievement of a passing 208
263	263	grade on a subject area proficiency examination identified and 209
264	264	approved, within available appropriations, by the Commissioner of 210
265	265	Education, regardless of the number of hours the student spent in a 211
266	266	public school classroom learning such subject matter; (5) toward 212
267	267	meeting the high school graduation requirement upon the successful 213
268	268	completion of coursework during the school year or summer months at 214
269	269	an institution accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education 215
270	270	or Office of Higher Education or regionally accredited. One three-credit 216
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278	278	school graduation requirement upon the successful completion of on-219
279	279	line coursework, provided the local or regional board of education has 220
280	280	adopted a policy in accordance with this subdivision for the granting of 221
281	281	credit for on-line coursework. Such a policy shall ensure, at a minimum, 222
282	282	that (A) the workload required by the on-line course is equivalent to that 223
283	283	of a similar course taught in a traditional classroom setting, (B) the 224
284	284	content is rigorous and aligned with curriculum guidelines approved 225
285	285	by the State Board of Education, where appropriate, (C) the course 226
286	286	engages students and has interactive components, which may include, 227
287	287	but are not limited to, required interactions between students and their 228
288	288	teachers, participation in on-line demonstrations, discussion boards or 229
289	289	virtual labs, (D) the program of instruction for such on-line coursework 230
290	290	is planned, ongoing and systematic, and (E) the courses are (i) taught by 231
291	291	teachers who are certified in the state or another state and have received 232
292	292	training on teaching in an on-line environment, or (ii) offered by 233
293	293	institutions of higher education that are accredited by the Board of 234
294	294	Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or 235
295	295	regionally accredited; or (7) toward meeting the high school graduation 236
296	296	requirement upon the successful completion of the academic 237
297	297	advancement program, pursuant to section 10-5c. 238
298	298	[(h)] (i) A local or regional board of education may offer one-half 239
299	299	credit in community service which, if satisfactorily completed, shall 240
300	300	qualify for high school graduation credit pursuant to this section, 241
301	301	provided such community service is supervised by a certified school 242
302	302	administrator or teacher and consists of not less than fifty hours of actual 243
303	303	service that may be performed at times when school is not regularly in 244
304	304	session and not less than ten hours of related classroom instruction. For 245
305	305	purposes of this section, community service does not include partisan 246
306	306	political activities. The State Board of Education shall assist local and 247
307	307	regional boards of education in meeting the requirements of this section. 248
308	308	The State Board of Education shall award a community service 249
309	309	recognition award to any student who satisfactorily completes fifty 250
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317	317	[(i)] (j) (1) A local or regional board of education may award a 253
318	318	diploma to a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, or a 254
319	319	person with a qualifying condition, as defined in said section, who has 255
320	320	received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from active 256
321	321	service in the armed forces, which veteran or person served during 257
322	322	World War II or the Korean hostilities, as described in section 51-49h, or 258
323	323	during the Vietnam Era, as defined in section 27-103, withdrew from 259
324	324	high school prior to graduation in order to serve in the armed forces of 260
325	325	the United States and did not receive a diploma as a consequence of such 261
326	326	service. 262
327	327	(2) A local or regional board of education may award a diploma to 263
328	328	any person who (A) withdrew from high school prior to graduation to 264
329	329	work in a job that assisted the war effort during World War II, December 265
330	330	7, 1941, to December 31, 1946, inclusive, (B) did not receive a diploma as 266
331	331	a consequence of such work, and (C) has been a resident of the state for 267
332	332	at least fifty consecutive years. 268
333	333	[(j)] (k) For the school year commencing July 1, 2012, and each school 269
334	334	year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall create a 270
335	335	student success plan for each student enrolled in a public school, 271
336	336	beginning in grade six. Such student success plan shall include a 272
337	337	student's career and academic choices in grades six to twelve, inclusive. 273
338	338	Beginning in grade six, such student success plan shall provide evidence 274
339	339	of career exploration in each grade including, but not limited to, careers 275
340	340	in manufacturing. The Department of Education shall revise and issue 276
341	341	to local and regional boards of education guidance regarding changes 277
342	342	to such student success plans. On and after July 1, 2020, in creating such 278
343	343	student success plans, consideration shall be given to career and 279
344	344	academic choices in computer science, science, technology, engineering 280
345	345	and mathematics. 281
346	346	[(k)] (l) Commencing with classes graduating in 2018, and for each 282
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353	353	affix the Connecticut State Seal of Biliteracy, as described in subsection 284
354	354	(f) of section 10-5, to a diploma awarded to a student who has achieved 285
355	355	a high level of proficiency in English and one or more foreign languages, 286
356	356	as defined in said subsection (f). The local or regional board of education 287
357	357	shall include on such student's transcript a designation that the student 288
358	358	received the Connecticut State Seal of Biliteracy. 289
359	359	Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than July 1, 2021, the 290
360	360	Department of Education shall develop the curriculum for a course in 291
361	361	personal financial management. Such course shall count as one credit 292
362	362	for purposes of the high school graduation requirements pursuant to 293
363	363	section 10-221a of the general statutes, as amended by this act. In 294
364	364	developing and implementing the curriculum for the course in personal 295
365	365	financial management, the department may utilize existing and 296
366	366	appropriate public or private materials, personnel and other resources, 297
367	367	including the curriculum materials made available pursuant to 298
368	368	subsection (d) of section 10-16b of the general statutes, as amended by 299
369	369	this act. 300
370	370	Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than July 1, 2021, 301
371	371	the State Board of Education shall develop and adopt a model 302
372	372	curriculum for grades kindergarten to eight, inclusive. Such model 303
373	373	curriculum shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 10-16b 304
374	374	of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and include personal 305
375	375	financial management within and among various subject matter areas. 306
376	376	The state board shall make such model curriculum available on the 307
377	377	Internet web site of the Department of Education. 308
378	378	(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year 309
379	379	thereafter, the Department of Education shall provide, upon request of 310
380	380	a local or regional board of education, technical assistance and training 311
381	381	to assist in the implementation of the model curriculum for grades 312
382	382	kindergarten to eight, inclusive. 313
383	383	Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective from passage) For the fiscal years ending June 314
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390	390	management pilot program to be administered by the Capitol Region 316
391	391	Education Council. The council shall assist member school districts in 317
392	392	the provision of personal financial management instruction using the 318
393	393	curriculum materials developed pursuant to section 4 of this act. Such 319
394	394	assistance by the council may include, but need not be limited to, the 320
395	395	collection and dissemination of curriculum materials, and the use of 321
396	396	advisors who have expertise in personal financial management and who 322
397	397	can provide assistance to teachers in such personal financial 323
398	398	management instruction in classrooms. For purposes of this section, 324
399	399	"member school districts" means those local and regional boards of 325
400	400	education that are members of the Capitol Region Education Council. 326
401	401	Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) Notwithstanding the provisions 327
402	402	of subsection (g) of section 10-221a of the general statutes, as amended 328
403	403	by this act, for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, a credit in 329
404	404	personal financial management may cumulatively meet the forty-330
405	405	minute class period for each school day requirement by taking separate 331
406	406	courses that meet the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of 332
407	407	section 10-221a of the general statutes, as amended by this act, in grades 333
408	408	nine to twelve, inclusive, and shall be considered a cross-curricular 334
409	409	graduation requirement pursuant to subsection (h) of said section 10-335
410	410	221a of the general statutes, provided a portion of the curriculum for 336
411	411	such credits corresponds to the subject matter of personal financial 337
412	412	management. 338
413	413	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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416	416	Section 1 July 1, 2021 10-16b
417	417	Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section
418	418	Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 10-221a
419	419	Sec. 4 from passage New section
420	420	Sec. 5 from passage New section
421	421	Sec. 6 from passage New section
422	422	Sec. 7 July 1, 2020 New section
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429	429	Statement of Purpose:
430	430	To (1) include instruction of personal financial management in the
431	431	public school curriculum and as part of the high school graduation
432	432	requirements; (2) require the development of a course in personal
433	433	financial management and a model curriculum for grades kindergarten
434	434	to eight that includes personal financial management; and (3) establish
435	435	a personal financial management pilot program.
436	436	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
437	437	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
438	438	underlined.]
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