Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 926
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Hukill moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 323 - 379
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5 Section 8. Sections 9 and 10 of this act may be cited as
6 the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Education Act.”
7 Section 9. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
8 1003.41, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (f) is
9 added to that subsection, to read:
10 1003.41 Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.—
11 (2) Next Generation Sunshine State Standards must meet the
12 following requirements:
13 (d) Social Studies standards must establish specific
14 curricular content for, at a minimum, geography, United States
15 and world history, government, civics, humanities, and
16 economics, including financial literacy. Financial literacy
17 includes the knowledge, understanding, skills, behaviors,
18 attitudes, and values that will enable a student to make
19 responsible and effective financial decisions on a daily basis.
20 Financial literacy instruction shall be an integral part of
21 instruction throughout the entire economics course and include
22 information regarding earning income; buying goods and services;
23 saving and financial investing; taxes; the use of credit and
24 credit cards; budgeting and debt management, including student
25 loans and secured loans; banking and financial services;
26 planning for one’s financial future, including higher education
27 and career planning; credit reports and scores; and fraud and
28 identity theft prevention. The requirements for financial
29 literacy specified under this paragraph do not apply to students
30 entering grade 9 in the 2017-2018 school year and thereafter.
31 (f) Effective for students entering grade 9 in the 2017
32 2018 school year and thereafter, financial literacy standards
33 must establish specific curricular content for, at a minimum,
34 personal financial literacy and money management. Financial
35 literacy includes instruction in the areas specified in s.
36 1003.4282(3)(h).
37 Section 10. Paragraphs (b), (d), (f), and (g) of subsection
38 (3) of section 1003.4282, Florida Statutes, are amended,
39 paragraph (h) is added to that subsection, and subsections (7)
40 and (9) of that section are amended, to read:
41 1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
42 (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
43 REQUIREMENTS.—
44 (b) Four credits in mathematics.—A student must earn one
45 credit in Algebra I and one credit in Geometry. A student’s
46 performance on the statewide, standardized Algebra I end-of
47 course (EOC) assessment constitutes 30 percent of the student’s
48 final course grade. A student must pass the statewide,
49 standardized Algebra I EOC assessment, or earn a comparative
50 score, in order to earn a standard high school diploma. A
51 student must take one statewide, standardized Mathematics
52 assessment in high school which must be Algebra I, Geometry, or
53 Algebra II. A student’s performance on the statewide,
54 standardized assessment Geometry EOC assessment constitutes 30
55 percent of the student’s final course grade. If the state
56 administers a statewide, standardized Algebra II assessment, a
57 student selecting Algebra II must take the assessment, and the
58 student’s performance on the assessment constitutes 30 percent
59 of the student’s final course grade. A student who earns an
60 industry certification for which there is a statewide college
61 credit articulation agreement approved by the State Board of
62 Education may substitute the certification for one mathematics
63 credit. Substitution may occur for up to two mathematics
64 credits, except for Algebra I and Geometry.
65 (d) Three credits in social studies.—A student must earn
66 one credit in United States History; one credit in World
67 History; one-half credit in economics, which must include
68 financial literacy; and one-half credit in United States
69 Government. However, for a student entering grade 9 in the 2017
70 2018 school year or thereafter, financial literacy is not a
71 required component of the one-half credit in economics The
72 United States History EOC assessment constitutes 30 percent of
73 the student’s final course grade.
74 (f) One credit in physical education.—Physical education
75 must include the integration of health. Participation in an
76 interscholastic sport at the junior varsity or varsity level for
77 two full seasons shall satisfy the one-credit requirement in
78 physical education if the student passes a competency test on
79 personal fitness with a score of “C” or better. The competency
80 test on personal fitness developed by the Department of
81 Education must be used. A district school board may not require
82 that the one credit in physical education be taken during the
83 9th grade year. Completion of one semester with a grade of “C”
84 or better in a marching band class, in a physical activity class
85 that requires participation in marching band activities as an
86 extracurricular activity, or in a dance class shall satisfy one
87 half credit in physical education or one-half credit in
88 performing arts. This credit may not be used to satisfy the
89 personal fitness requirement or the requirement for adaptive
90 physical education under an individual education plan (IEP) or
91 504 plan. Completion of 2 years in a Reserve Officer Training
92 Corps (R.O.T.C.) class, a significant component of which is
93 drills, shall satisfy the one-credit requirement in physical
94 education and the one-credit requirement in performing arts.
95 This credit may not be used to satisfy the personal fitness
96 requirement or the requirement for adaptive physical education
97 under an IEP or 504 plan.
98 (g) Eight Credits in Electives.—School districts must
99 develop and offer coordinated electives so that a student may
100 develop knowledge and skills in his or her area of interest,
101 such as electives with a STEM or liberal arts focus. Such
102 electives must include opportunities for students to earn
103 college credit, including industry-certified career education
104 programs or series of career-themed courses that result in
105 industry certification or articulate into the award of college
106 credit, or career education courses for which there is a
107 statewide or local articulation agreement and which lead to
108 college credit. A student entering grade 9 before the 2017-2018
109 school year must earn eight credits in electives. A student
110 entering grade 9 in the 2017-2018 school year or thereafter must
111 earn seven and one-half credits in electives.
112 (h) One-half credit in personal financial literacy.
113 Beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2017-2018 school
114 year, each student shall earn one-half credit in personal
115 financial literacy and money management. This instruction must
116 include discussion of or instruction in the following:
117 1. Types of bank accounts offered, opening and managing a
118 bank account, and assessing the quality of a depository
119 institution’s services.
120 2. Balancing a checkbook.
121 3. Basic principles of money management, such as spending,
122 credit, credit scores, and managing debt, including retail and
123 credit card debt.
124 4. Completing a loan application.
125 5. Receiving an inheritance and related implications.
126 6. Basic principles of personal insurance policies.
127 7. Computing federal income taxes.
128 8. Local tax assessments.
129 9. Computing interest rates by various mechanisms.
130 10. Simple contracts.
131 11. Contesting an incorrect billing statement.
132 12. Types of savings and investments.
133 13. State and federal laws concerning finance.
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136 And the title is amended as follows:
137 Delete lines 31 - 37
138 and insert:
139 for certain high school credits; providing a short
140 title; amending s. 1003.41, F.S.; revising the
141 financial literacy requirements for the Next
142 Generation Sunshine State Standards; amending s.
143 1003.4282, F.S.; revising the mathematics and social
144 studies requirements for a standard high school
145 diploma; removing a requirement that a student
146 participating in an interscholastic sport pass a
147 competency test on personal fitness to satisfy the
148 physical education credit requirement for high school
149 graduation; revising the required credits for a
150 standard high school diploma to seven and one-half,
151 rather than eight, credits in electives and to include
152 one-half credit of instruction in personal financial
153 literacy and money management; deleting provisions
154 requiring