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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §4730  is enacted to read:
§ 4730. Instruction in personal finance
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the secondary course of study must include instruction in personal finance. For the purposes of this section, "instruction in personal finance" means instruction in purchasing, using credit, budgeting, saving and investing, banking, simple contracts, state and federal income taxes, personal insurance policies and renting or purchasing a home.
 
1.  Integrated instruction.     Each school administrative unit shall include, as prescribed by the commissioner, at least one week of instruction in personal finance that is integrated within one of the social studies or mathematics courses required for graduation pursuant to section 4722, subsection 2. The commissioner shall develop an integrated model for instruction in personal finance, including proficiency and performance levels for financial literacy that must be required for graduation.
 
2.  Student proficiency.     Students shall demonstrate achievement of the proficiency and performance levels for financial literacy under subsection 1 through evidence documented by course and learning experiences using multiple measures, including, but not limited to, examinations, portfolios, performances, exhibitions and projects.
Sec. 2. Department of Education to develop integrated model for instruction in personal finance. The Department of Education shall develop an integrated model for instruction in personal finance for use in secondary schools as part of the instruction in social studies or mathematics required by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 4722, subsection 2, paragraphs B and C. The integrated model must include instruction in purchasing, using credit, budgeting, saving and investing, banking, simple contracts, state and federal income taxes, personal insurance policies and renting or purchasing a home. The department shall provide the integrated model to all secondary schools in time for implementation during the 2012-2013 school year.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
PK-20 Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Z081
 
Initiative: Provides funds to the Department of Education to develop an integrated model for instruction on personal finance for use in secondary schools as part of the instruction in social studies or mathematics.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$15,000	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$15,000	$0	
 
Sec. 4. Effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 4730 takes effect July 1, 2012.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The amendment replaces the bill and requires the Department of Education to develop and distribute an integrated model for instruction in personal finance for use by secondary schools in the State to help students attain financial literacy. The model must include instruction in purchasing, using credit, budgeting, saving and investing, banking, simple contracts, state and federal income taxes, personal insurance policies and renting or purchasing a home. The amendment provides that, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, all secondary schools must include the personal finance course as part of the social studies or mathematics instruction required to obtain a high school diploma. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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