HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2933        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 478

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act establishing a personal finance curriculum..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. In order to educate students in the area of personal finance so that they have the tools and skills necessary to make informed decisions regarding their personal finances, the department of education shall develop a curriculum encompassing all aspects of personal finances, including but not limited to, credit, mortgages, credit cards, and all other forms of debt, savings, interest, investments and other components of this subject.

SECTION 2.  The department shall integrate this curriculum into existing social studies curriculums within 3 years of enactment.