BILL NUMBER: AB 1492	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 51220.7 to the Education Code, relating to
pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1492, as introduced, Evans.   Instruction: economics.
   Existing law requires a school district, as part of its adopted
course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in
specified areas of study, including, among others, social sciences,
drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography,
history, political science, psychology, and sociology.
   This bill would allow a school district, in providing instruction
in economics, to include instruction related to the understanding of
personal finances.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 51220.7 is added to the  Education Code , to
read:
   51220.7.  In providing instruction in economics, pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 51220, a school district may include
instruction related to the understanding of personal finances,
including, but not limited to, budgeting, savings, and credit.