HB 1527 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to create for all public school students in Grades 6-8.

HB 1527 would require Mississippi's State Board of Education to add financial literacy components to the curriculum for all public school students in Grades 6-8 starting in the 2026-2027 school year. It also mandates that all public high school students complete a half-credit financial literacy course (or a full course with half focused on finance) to graduate, beginning with the 2031 class. The bill establishes a dedicated "Financial Literacy Trust Fund" in the state treasury, administered by the State Board of Education, to support this program using state funds, grants, and private contributions. This bill was introduced in the House, passed in February 2025, but ultimately died in the Senate Education Committee on March 4, 2025.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Current version · 5 edits

MODERATE

HB 1527 was amended from its Committee Substitute version to its final House version, primarily expanding the Financial Literacy Trust Fund's funding sources to include settlement and penalty funds, and renumbering several sections while making minor formatting and text adjustments throughout the bill.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to allow the Financial Literacy Trust Fund to receive additional funding sources including settlements and penalties collected by the state or state agencies, broadening the potential revenue stream for financial literacy education programs.

FISCAL

Added 'any eligible funds from settlements or penalties collected by the state or any state agency' as an allowable funding source for the Financial Literacy Trust Fund, expanding beyond just private contributions, grants, and appropriated funds.

TECHNICAL

Renumbered sections throughout the bill, changing Section 2 to Section 3, Section 3 to Section 4, Section 4 to Section 5, and Section 6 to Section 5 (likely a correction or consolidation).

Removed the standalone Section 2 that authorized the Department of Banking and Consumer Finance to contribute penalty funds, as this authority was incorporated into the expanded funding language in the Financial Literacy Trust Fund section.

Made minor formatting and text adjustments throughout the bill, including changing '(COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)' to '(As Passed the House)' and adjusting spacing around section headers and subsections.

Adjusted paragraph numbering and formatting in various sections, including changes to subsection labels like '(ff)' and '(aaa)' and reformatting of text blocks.

Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

113–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 119

Feb 11, 2025

D Democratic39

39 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican78

72 Yea 6

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Referred To Education;Appropriations

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Transmitted To Senate

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed As Amended

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Committee

Referred To Education

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors