SB 583: Pupil curriculum: model curriculum: financial literacy.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, English, social studies, science, and mathematics. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education.

This bill would require the Instructional Quality Commission to develop, and the state board to adopt, reject, or modify, a model curriculum for pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in financial literacy, as provided. The bill, following the adoption by the state board of the model curriculum in financial literacy in accordance with a specified timeline, would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post the model curriculum on the State Department of Educations Internet Web site for use on a voluntary basis by educators. The bill, beginning in the school year immediately following adoption of the model curriculum on financial literacy by the state board, would encourage local educational agencies and charter schools to use the model curriculum to provide instruction in financial literacy.