3.0.0 787 2020-02-10T17:06:55Z 2020-02-10T17:06:55Z Senate S S 2011-04-12 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-12T16:23:08Z Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 112 1918 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 112 865 S 2011-05-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2011-04-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N Education Academic performance and assessments Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Financial literacy Higher education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-02T19:21:46Z Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award formula matching grants to states or partnerships between states and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education.

Requires grantees to use 25% of the grant funds to: (1) develop financial literacy standards and assessments for at least three grade levels, (2) create teacher training programs to embed financial literacy or personal finance education into core academic subjects, and (3) evaluate the impact such education has on students' financial literacy.

Requires the remaining grant funds to be used for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or partnerships between LEAs and community organizations, local businesses, or other educational entities to implement such financial literacy activities, including student assessments and teacher training.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) or partnerships between IHEs and experienced nonprofit providers of financial literacy or personal finance education for activities that increase student knowledge in consumer, economic, and personal financial concepts.

]]> Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 Display Title Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide grants to promote financial literacy. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s787is/xml/BILLS-112s787is.xml 2011-04-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.