(e) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department" means the Department of Education of the
Commonwealth.
"School entity" means a school district, charter school,
cyber charter school or regional charter school.
Section 2. Section 1551(a) of the act is amended to read:
Section 1551. Economic Education and Personal Financial
Literacy Programs.--(a) The department shall have the power and
its duty shall be to:
(1) Provide resource information on economics, economic
education and personal financial literacy to educators and
public and private schools and organizations.
(2) Provide for the distribution, including through the
department's Internet website, to school entities or private,
nonpublic, elementary or secondary schools in this Commonwealth,
teacher curriculum materials and other available resources,
including materials or other resources necessary to teach the
curriculum specified under section 1529(c) and materials or
other resources for economic education partnership programs, on
economic education and personal financial literacy, including
the basic principle involved with earning, spending, saving and
investing money. The materials shall align with and complement
existing State standards for Economics, Family and Consumer
Science, and Career Education and Work as set forth in 22 Pa.
Code Ch. 4 (relating to academic standards and assessment).
(3) Identify and recognize Commonwealth schools that
implement exemplary economic and economic education and personal
financial literacy curricula at each benchmark as set forth in
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