3.0.0 853 2022-02-03T05:54:17Z 2022-02-03T05:54:17Z Senate S S 2011-04-14 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-04-14T22:35:45Z 2011-04-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-05-09 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-07-07 False Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Financial literacy Public-private cooperation Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-04T20:47:40Z Financial Literacy for Students Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to: (1) integrate financial literacy and entrepreneurship education into their public middle and secondary schools, and (2) provide training to financial literacy or entrepreneurship teachers in such schools.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for the provision of financial literacy and entrepreneurship training and assistance to parents and students. Directs the Secretary to encourage LEA grantees to: (1) partner with community organizations, financial institutions, or local businesses or entrepreneurs when implementing such program; and (2) find connections and foster mentorships between classroom-based programs and the local business and entrepreneurship community, where appropriate.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to coordinate the activities funded under this Act with the activities carried out by any financial education research center operated by a Federal Reserve bank.

]]> Financial Literacy for Students Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Financial Literacy for Students Act of 2011 Display Title Financial Literacy for Students Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for financial literacy education. Introduced in Senate 2011-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s853is/xml/BILLS-112s853is.xml 2011-04-14 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.