[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3759 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3759

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable 
 local educational agencies to use amounts received from the Fund for 
   the Improvement of Education for innovative programs to increase 
                    learning in financial literacy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2007

 Ms. Kilpatrick (for herself and Ms. Watson) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enable 
 local educational agencies to use amounts received from the Fund for 
   the Improvement of Education for innovative programs to increase 
                    learning in financial literacy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO INCREASE LEARNING IN FINANCIAL 
              LITERACY.

    Section 5131(a) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7215(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(28) Programs to increase learning in financial literacy, 
        either through classroom learning or after school programs.''.
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