| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to a personal financial responsibility |
| 3 | pilot program; establishing a 3-year pilot program in the |
| 4 | state for certain purposes; providing a program goal; |
| 5 | requiring the Commissioner of Education to develop a |
| 6 | program curriculum and select certain school districts for |
| 7 | participation; requiring a report to the Governor and |
| 8 | Legislature; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. A 3-year pilot program is established to |
| 13 | provide high school students in two school districts in each of |
| 14 | the northern, middle, and southern regions of the state with |
| 15 | personal financial responsibility instruction. The goal of the |
| 16 | pilot program will be to ensure that high school students in |
| 17 | pilot program districts receive instruction on budgeting, saving |
| 18 | and investing, credit card debt, and other issues associated |
| 19 | with personal financial responsibility. The Commissioner of |
| 20 | Education shall develop a curriculum for the program and select |
| 21 | the school districts for participation in the program. At the |
| 22 | conclusion of the pilot program, the Commissioner of Education |
| 23 | shall report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and |
| 24 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the feasibility |
| 25 | of implementing the program on a statewide basis. |
| 26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |
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