PRINTER'S NO. 352
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
22
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, TEPLITZ, FONTANA, SCHWANK, HUGHES,
FARNESE, COSTA, SMITH, FOLMER, AUMENT, GREENLEAF, YUDICHAK
AND KITCHEN, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study
the costs associated with the State's establishment K-12
academic standards for the instruction of personal finance
education and conducting a study of the funding models used
by other states with comparable programs.
WHEREAS, It is imperative in today's information-based
economy for all citizens to have a basic understanding of
personal financial management; and
WHEREAS, Section 1551 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,
No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, was enacted on
November 17, 2010, and requires the Department of Education to
provide educators with curriculum materials and other resources
on economic education and personal financial literacy; and
WHEREAS, Section 1551(c) of the Public School Code of 1949
establishes a task force to assess the trends and needs in
economic education and personal finance, to consider the manner
in which any funds are used to support those topics and to
recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly legislative
or regulatory changes to improve economic education and personal
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