\FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 536

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOWMAN.

Read 1st time January 24, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 170, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to finance instruction in secondary schools.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 170, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 170.029, to read as follows:

170.029. 1. Every student at a public secondary school in this state shall, prior to graduation, be required to take at least one course in personal finance. The state board of education shall set forth minimum standards for such courses, which shall be implemented and may be exceeded by the local school boards of this state.

2. The state board of education shall make such rules as are necessary for the enforcement of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to this section shall take effect unless such rule has been promulgated pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo.


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