Date	Chamber	Action
1/10/2023	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/27-12.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each school district maintaining any of grades 6 through 8 must include in its curriculum and require students in those grades to take a unit of instruction on financial literacy. Provides that the purpose of the instruction is to provide students with the basic financial literacy necessary for sound financial decision making and the instruction must include, but is not limited to, age-appropriate instruction on budgeting, savings, credit, debt, insurance, investments, and any other issues associated with personal financial responsibility. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare and make available to school boards instructional materials that may be used as guidelines for development of the unit of instruction. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/14/2021	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
1/22/2021	House	First Reading
1/22/2021	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/10/2023	House	Session Sine Die

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