House Bill 04-1360

House Bill 04-1360 requires the state board of education to create a resource bank of materials pertaining to financial literacy, and specifies the minimum content of the resource bank. Upon the request of a school district or a charter school, requires the department of education ("department") to provide technical assistance to the school district or charter school in designing a financial literacy curriculum. The bill authorizes the department to accept and expend public and private gifts, grants, and donations for implementation of the act, and creates the financial literacy cash fund ("cash fund").

The following links and pages illustrate an example of resources that will be listed at this web site. Additional resources will be added as necessary.

"Financial Literacy means knowledge of personal finances that is sufficient to enable a person to manage savings, investment, and checking accounts, to design and maintain a household budget, to manage personal debt, to understand consumer credit and finance, to manage personal credit options, and to understand and select among short-term and long-term investment options."

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