Bill 69 explained in plain English
Financial Literacy for Students Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill would amend the Education Act to require students to complete a financial literacy course in Grade 10 as a condition of graduating from secondary school.
Bill 69, the Financial Literacy for Students Act, 2016, proposes to amend the Education Act. The bill aims to ensure that students in Ontario develop essential personal finance skills. It mandates that the Minister will require pupils to complete a financial literacy course as a condition for obtaining a secondary school graduation diploma. The bill also specifies that school boards will be responsible for providing this comprehensive financial literacy course at the Grade 10 level in their schools. The course content is to be determined by the board. The bill clarifies that this amendment to the Education Act will come into effect on September 1st, following the day the Act receives Royal Assent.
- Amends the Education Act.
- Requires the Minister to mandate the completion of a financial literacy course for a secondary school graduation diploma.
- Requires school boards to provide a comprehensive financial literacy course at the Grade 10 level.
- Specifies that the content of the financial literacy course is to be determined by the school board.
- Sets the commencement date for the changes to the Education Act.
- Students in Ontario
- School boards in Ontario
- The Minister of Education
- Students will be required to complete a financial literacy course to obtain a secondary school graduation diploma.
- School boards will be obligated to provide a financial literacy course at the Grade 10 level.
- The Minister will be obligated to require the completion of this course.
- Section 1 of the Act comes into force on September 1st immediately following the day the Act receives Royal Assent.
- The rest of the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill states that the content of the financial literacy course is to be 'as determined by the board,' meaning the specific curriculum is not defined in the bill itself.
Adds a requirement that the Minister must ensure students complete a financial literacy course to get a diploma, and specifies that school boards must offer this course in Grade 10.
Source: Section 8 and Section 170
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