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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5165 

To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

to provide grants to State educational agencies in order to provide 

subgrants to eligible local entities to promote financial education to 

students in the classroom. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2010 

Mr. CASTLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend title V of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to State educational 

agencies in order to provide subgrants to eligible local 

entities to promote financial education to students in 

the classroom. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Education 

5 in the Classroom Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart 13 of part D of title V 

3 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

4 (20 U.S.C. 7267 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘Subpart 13—Financial Education for Students 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5531. SHORT TITLE. 

7 ‘‘This subpart may be cited as the ‘Financial Edu8 cation in the Classroom Act’. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 5532. PURPOSE AND GOALS. 

10 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subpart is to 

11 promote and carry out economic and financial literacy 

12 among all students in kindergarten through grade 12 by 

13 awarding competitive grants to State educational agencies 

14 to improve the quality of student understanding of per15 sonal finance and economics. 

16 ‘‘(b) GOALS.—The goals of this subpart are the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(1) To increase students’ knowledge of, and 

19 achievement in, economics and financial literacy to 

20 enable the students to become more productive and 

21 informed citizens. 

22 ‘‘(2) To strengthen teachers’ understanding of, 

23 and competency in, economics and personal finance 

24 to enable the teachers to increase student mastery of 

25 economic and financial education principles and the 

26 practical application of those principles. 


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1 ‘‘(3) To assist State educational agencies in 

2 measuring the impact of education in economics and 

3 personal finances. 

4 ‘‘(4) To encourage economic and financial edu5 cation research and development, disseminate effec6 tive instructional materials, and promote replication 

7 of best practices and exemplary programs that foster 

8 economic and financial literacy. 

9 ‘‘(5) To leverage and expand private and public 

10 support for economic education partnerships at na11 tional, State, and local levels. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 5533. GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES 

13 FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS. 

14 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 

15 From the funds appropriated under section 5536 to carry 

16 out this section for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

17 award grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational 

18 agencies to award subgrants to eligible local entities to de19 velop and carry out programs that are designed to provide 

20 financial education to students in the classroom. 

21 ‘‘(b) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY USES OF

22 FUNDS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency 

24 that receives a grant under this section— 

25 ‘‘(A) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) use the grant funds to award sub2 grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 

3 local entities, to develop and carry out fi4 nancial education programs to assist stu5 dents in kindergarten through grade 12 

6 achieve financial literacy by teaching such 

7 students— 

8 ‘‘(I) personal financial manage9 ment skills; and 

10 ‘‘(II) the basic principles involved 

11 with earning, spending, saving, invest12 ing, credit, and insurance; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) reserve not less than 2 percent of 

14 the grant funds to provide State-wide pro15 fessional development activities to prepare 

16 teachers and school administrators in eco17 nomic and financial literacy; and 

18 ‘‘(B) may reserve not more than 3 percent 

19 of the grant funds for— 

20 ‘‘(i) administrative expenses, including 

21 ongoing technical assistance, training, 

22 monitoring, and dissemination of prom23 ising practices for eligible local entities 

24 that receive subgrants under this section; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) conducting, in accordance with 

2 subsection (c)(2)(E), an evaluation of the 

3 financial education programs developed 

4 and carried out by such eligible local enti5 ties. 

6 ‘‘(2) SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTI7 TIES.— 

8 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—Each eligible local 

9 entity desiring a subgrant under this section 

10 shall submit an application to the State edu11 cational agency at such time, in such manner, 

12 and including such information as the State 

13 educational agency may reasonably require. 

14 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—Each ap15 plication submitted under subparagraph (A) 

16 shall include— 

17 ‘‘(i) a description of how the eligible 

18 local entity will use funds received under 

19 this section, including a description of the 

20 financial education program (in this sub21 paragraph referred to as the ‘proposed 

22 program’) the entity plans to develop and 

23 carry out using the funds; 

24 ‘‘(ii) a description of each partner in 

25 the eligible local entity; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) if the eligible local entity does 

2 not include a partnership with a small or 

3 large business described in subsection 

4 (g)(1)(F), a description of how the entity 

5 will collaborate with the business commu6 nity to promote the connection between fi7 nancial education and economic develop8 ment; 

9 ‘‘(iv) an identification of Federal, 

10 State, and local programs that the eligible 

11 local entity will coordinate with the pro12 posed program to make the most effective 

13 use of public resources; 

14 ‘‘(v) an evaluation of the community 

15 needs and available resources, and a de16 scription of how the proposed program will 

17 address those needs; 

18 ‘‘(vi) if the eligible local entity plans 

19 to use volunteers, a description of how the 

20 entity will encourage and use individuals 

21 with appropriate financial literacy quali22 fications to serve as the volunteers; 

23 ‘‘(vii) an assurance that the eligible 

24 local entity has experience, or promise of 

25 success, in developing, implementing, and 


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1 providing high-quality financial education 

2 or personal finance education training or 

3 instruction; and 

4 ‘‘(viii) such other information and as5 surances as the State educational agency 

6 may reasonably require. 

7 ‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible local en8 tity that receives a subgrant under this sec9 tion— 

10 ‘‘(i) shall use funds made available 

11 under the subgrant to develop and carry 

12 out financial education programs to assist 

13 students in kindergarten through grade 12 

14 achieve financial literacy by teaching such 

15 students— 

16 ‘‘(I) personal financial manage17 ment skills; and 

18 ‘‘(II) the basic principles involved 

19 with earning, spending, saving, invest20 ing, credit, and insurance; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) may use funds made available 

22 under the subgrant to— 

23 ‘‘(I) develop or acquire financial 

24 educational materials, activities, or 

25 coursework, that have been integrated 


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1 into the curricula of the schools 

2 served by the local educational agency 

3 of the eligible local entity; or 

4 ‘‘(II) develop or carry out for 

5 teachers and administrators, profes6 sional development programs that use 

7 effective and innovative approaches to 

8 the teaching of financial education 

9 and personal finance. 

10 ‘‘(D) APPROVAL OF LOCAL APPLICA11 TION.—The State educational agency shall ap12 prove only those applications from eligible local 

13 entities that have developed plans that the 

14 State educational agency determines to be fea15 sible and appropriate in order to achieve the de16 sired purpose of the subgrants. 

17 ‘‘(E) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding sub18 grants under this section, the State educational 

19 agency shall take into consideration— 

20 ‘‘(i) whether the eligible local entities 

21 that will be awarded a subgrant under this 

22 section are equitably distributed among the 

23 different geographic regions of the State 

24 and serve urban and rural areas; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) local educational agencies that 

2 may benefit from a subgrant under this 

3 subsection that are serving higher percent4 ages or numbers of school-age children who 

5 are from low-income families, as compared 

6 to other such local educational agencies. 

7 ‘‘(F) PERMISSIVE LOCAL MATCH.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State edu9 cational agency may require an eligible 

10 local entity to match the subgrant funds 

11 the entity receives under this section, ex12 cept that such match may not be derived 

13 from other Federal funds. 

14 ‘‘(ii) SLIDING SCALE.—The amount of 

15 a match under clause (i)— 

16 ‘‘(I) shall be established based on 

17 a sliding fee scale that takes into ac18 count the ability of the eligible local 

19 entity to obtain such matching funds; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(II) shall not exceed an amount 

22 equal to 50 percent of the cost of the 

23 activities supported under the sub24 grant. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

2 Each State educational agency that re3 quires an eligible local entity to match 

4 funds under this section shall permit the 

5 entity to provide all or any portion of such 

6 match in the form of in-kind contributions. 

7 ‘‘(iv) CONSIDERATION.—Notwith8 standing clause (i), a State educational 

9 agency shall not consider an eligible local 

10 entity’s ability to match funds when deter11 mining whether the entity will receive a 

12 subgrant under this section. 

13 ‘‘(c) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATION.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State educational 

15 agency that desires to receive a grant under this sec16 tion shall submit an application to the Secretary, at 

17 such time, in such manner, and including such infor18 mation as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

19 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

20 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

21 ‘‘(A) a description of how the State edu22 cational agency will use funds received under 

23 this section, including— 

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1 ment activities under subsection 

2 (b)(1)(A)(ii); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) how the State educational agency 

4 will select eligible local entities to receive 

5 subgrants under this section; 

6 ‘‘(B) a description of how the State edu7 cational agency will assist local educational 

8 agencies in partnering with one of the entities 

9 described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of 

10 subsection (g)(1) in order to become eligible 

11 local entities; 

12 ‘‘(C) an identification of Federal and State 

13 programs that the State will coordinate with 

14 the programs developed and carried out by eli15 gible entities that receive subgrants under this 

16 section to make the most effective use of public 

17 resources; 

18 ‘‘(D) a description of the steps that the 

19 State educational agency will take to ensure 

20 that programs developed and carried out by the 

21 eligible local entities receiving subgrants under 

22 this section implement effective strategies, in23 cluding by providing such entities ongoing tech24 nical assistance, training, monitoring, and dis25 semination of promising practices; 


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1 ‘‘(E) an assurance that the State edu2 cational agency will conduct an independent 

3 evaluation that is based on rigorous scientif4 ically based research to assess— 

5 ‘‘(i) the effectiveness of the programs 

6 developed and carried out by the eligible 

7 local entities receiving subgrants under 

8 this section; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the impact of economic and fi10 nancial literacy education on students 

11 served by such programs ; and 

12 ‘‘(F) such other information and assur13 ances as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

14 ‘‘(3) APPROVAL.—In approving applications 

15 submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) to the extent feasible, ensure an equi18 table geographic distribution of grants awarded 

19 under this section; and 

20 ‘‘(B) consider local educational agencies 

21 that may benefit from a subgrant under this 

22 section that are serving higher percentages or 

23 numbers of school-age children who are from 

24 low-income families, as compared to other such 

25 local educational agencies. 


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1 ‘‘(d) DURATION OF GRANTS.—Grants under this sec2 tion may be awarded for a period of not less than 3 years 

3 and not more than 5 years. 

4 ‘‘(e) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—A grant awarded under 

5 this section may not be made in an amount that is less 

6 than $50,000 per award year. 

7 ‘‘(f) REPORTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—Each 

9 State educational agency receiving a grant under 

10 this section shall submit to the Secretary, a report 

11 for each fiscal year for which a grant is received that 

12 describes— 

13 ‘‘(A) the programs supported by the grant; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) the results of the State educational 

16 agency’s monitoring and evaluation of such pro17 grams. 

18 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall publicly 

19 release a copy of the report, including by posting the 

20 report on the Internet website of the Department of 

21 Education. 

22 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTITY.—The term ‘eli24 gible local entity’ means a partnership consisting of 


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1 a local educational agency and not less than 1 of the 

2 following entities: 

3 ‘‘(A) A nonprofit organization with experi4 ence, or promise of success, in developing, ad5 ministering, and carrying out high-quality fi6 nancial education or personal finance education 

7 programs. 

8 ‘‘(B) A nonprofit organization with experi9 ence, or promise of success, in developing, ad10 ministering, and carrying out high-quality pro11 fessional development for teachers that leads to 

12 an increase in student academic achievement in 

13 subjects integral to financial education or per14 sonal finance education. 

15 ‘‘(C) A recipient of an Excellence in Eco16 nomic Education grant under section 5534. 

17 ‘‘(D) An institution of higher education. 

18 ‘‘(E) A community-based organization with 

19 experience, or promise of success, in developing, 

20 administering, and carrying out high-quality fi21 nancial education or personal finance education 

22 programs. 

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1 nancial education or personal finance education 

2 programs. 

3 ‘‘(2) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘low-in4 come family’ means a family below the poverty line, 

5 as determined under section 1124(c)(2). 

6 ‘‘SEC. 5534. GRANT TO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO IM7 PROVE THE QUALITY OF FINANCIAL EDU8 CATION PROGRAMS. 

9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—From the amounts appro10 priated under section 5536, the Secretary may award a 

11 competitive grant to a national nonprofit educational orga12 nization that has as its primary purpose the improvement 

13 of the quality of student understanding of personal finance 

14 and economics through effective teaching of economics in 

15 the Nation’s classrooms (referred to in this section as the 

16 ‘grantee’). 

17 ‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) DIRECT ACTIVITIES.—The grantee shall 

19 use 25 percent of the funds made available through 

20 the grant for a fiscal year to— 

21 ‘‘(A) strengthen and expand the grantee’s 

22 relationships with State and local personal fi23 nance, entrepreneurial, and economic education 

24 organizations; 


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1 ‘‘(B) support and promote training of 

2 teachers who teach a grade from kindergarten 

3 through grade 12 regarding economics, includ4 ing the dissemination of information on effec5 tive practices and research findings regarding 

6 the teaching of economics; 

7 ‘‘(C) support research on effective teaching 

8 practices and the development of assessment in9 struments to document student understanding 

10 of personal finance and economics; and 

11 ‘‘(D) develop and disseminate appropriate 

12 materials to foster economic literacy. 

13 ‘‘(2) SUBGRANTS.—The grantee shall use 75 

14 percent of the funds made available through the 

15 grant for a fiscal year to award subgrants to State 

16 educational agencies or local educational agencies, 

17 and State or local economic, personal finance, or en18 trepreneurial education organizations (referred to in 

19 this section as the ‘recipient’). The grantee shall 

20 award such a subgrant to pay for the Federal share 

21 of the cost of enabling the recipient to work in part22 nership with one or more of the entities described in 

23 paragraph (3) for one or more of the following pur24 poses: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Collaboratively establishing and con2 ducting teacher training programs that use ef3 fective and innovative approaches to the teach4 ing of economics, personal finance, and entre5 preneurship. 

6 ‘‘(B) Providing resources to local edu7 cational agencies that desire to incorporate eco8 nomics and personal finance into the curricula 

9 of the schools served by the agencies. 

10 ‘‘(C) Conducting evaluations of the impact 

11 of economic and financial literacy education on 

12 students. 

13 ‘‘(D) Conducting economic and financial 

14 literacy education research. 

15 ‘‘(E) Encouraging replication of best prac16 tices to promote economic and financial literacy. 

17 ‘‘(3) PARTNERSHIP ENTITIES.—The entities de18 scribed in this paragraph are the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) A private sector entity. 

20 ‘‘(B) A State educational agency. 

21 ‘‘(C) A local educational agency. 

22 ‘‘(D) An institution of higher education. 

23 ‘‘(E) An organization promoting economic 

24 development. 


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1 ‘‘(F) An organization promoting edu2 cational excellence. 

3 ‘‘(G) An organization promoting personal 

4 finance or entrepreneurial education. 

5 ‘‘(c) GRANTEE APPLICATIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

7 grant under this section, the grantee shall submit to 

8 the Secretary an application at such time, in such 

9 manner, and accompanied by such information as 

10 the Secretary may require. 

11 ‘‘(2) RECIPIENT APPLICATIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to re13 ceive a subgrant under this section, a recipient 

14 shall submit an application to the grantee at 

15 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

16 such information as the grantee may require. 

17 ‘‘(B) REVIEW.—The grantee shall invite 

18 the individuals described in subparagraph (C) 

19 to review all applications from recipients for a 

20 subgrant under this section and to make rec21 ommendations to the grantee regarding the ap22 proval of the applications. 

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1 ‘‘(i) Leaders in the fields of economics 

2 and education. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Such other individuals as the 

4 grantee determines to be necessary, espe5 cially members of the State and local busi6 ness, banking, and finance communities. 

7 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The grantee and 

8 each recipient receiving a subgrant under this section for 

9 a fiscal year may use not more than 5 percent of the funds 

10 made available through the grant or subgrant for adminis11 trative costs. 

12 ‘‘(e) TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—In carrying 

13 out the teacher training programs described in subsection 

14 (b)(2)(A), a recipient shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) train teachers who teach a grade from kin16 dergarten through grade 12; and 

17 ‘‘(2) encourage teachers from disciplines other 

18 than economics and financial literacy to participate 

19 in such teacher training programs, if the training 

20 will promote the economic and financial literacy of 

21 those teachers’ students. 

22 ‘‘(f) INVOLVEMENT OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY.—In 

23 carrying out the activities assisted under this section, the 

24 grantee and recipients are strongly encouraged to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) include interactions with the local business 

2 community to the fullest extent possible to reinforce 

3 the connection between economic and financial lit4 eracy and economic development; and 

5 ‘‘(2) work with private businesses to obtain 

6 matching contributions for Federal funds and assist 

7 recipients in working toward self-sufficiency. 

8 ‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND TECHNICAL

9 ASSISTANCE.—The grantee shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) meet such other requirements as the Sec11 retary determines to be necessary to assure compli12 ance with this section; and 

13 ‘‘(2) receive from the Secretary such technical 

14 assistance as may be necessary to carry out this sec15 tion. 

16 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

17 cost described in subsection (b)(2) shall be 50 percent. 

18 ‘‘(i) PAYMENT OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non19 Federal share may be paid in cash or in kind (fairly evalu20 ated, including plant, equipment, or services). 

21 ‘‘(j) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 

22 years after the date funds are first made available to carry 

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1 gress a report regarding activities assisted under this sec2 tion. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 5535. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT. 

4 ‘‘Funds made available to carry out this subpart shall 

5 be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, 

6 State, and local funds expended for the purpose described 

7 in section 5532(a). 

8 ‘‘SEC. 5536. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap10 propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 

11 this subpart for fiscal year 2011 and each of the 5 suc12 ceeding fiscal years. 

13 ‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appro14 priated under subsection (a) for each fiscal year— 

15 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall reserve up to 4 percent 

16 to carry out the activities described in section 5534; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(2) shall use the remaining funds to carry out 

19 section 5533.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

21 The table of contents in section 2 of the Elementary 

22 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 

23 et seq.) is amended by striking the item relating to sub24 part 13 of part D of title V and inserting the following: 

‘‘SUBPART 13—FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS

‘‘Sec. 5531. Short title. 


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‘‘Sec. 5532. Purpose and goals. 

‘‘Sec. 5533. Grants to State educational agencies for financial education for 

students. 

‘‘Sec. 5534. Grant to national organization to improve the quality of financial 

education programs. 

‘‘Sec. 5535. Supplement, not supplant. 

‘‘Sec. 5536. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

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