ENTREPRENEURSHIP; GRADES 9-12 H.B. 4074:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 4074 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Tommy Brann
Senate Committee: Education and Career Readiness
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Revised School Code to do the following:
-- Encourage the board of a school district or a public school academy (PSA), beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, to ensure that the district or PSA's social studies curriculum for grades 9 to 12 included instruction in free enterprise and entrepreneurship.
-- Specify that the program of instruction would have to be project-based and could provide instruction on any of the subjects listed in the bill.
The bill would take effect 90 days after enactment.
Under the bill, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the board of a school district or board of directors of a PSA would be encouraged to ensure that the district's or PSA's social studies curriculum for grades 9 to 12 included a program of instruction in free enterprise and entrepreneurship. The bill would not preclude a district or PSA from including this instruction in other areas or grade levels.
A program of instruction would have to be project-based and could provide instruction on any of the following subjects:
-- Business vocabulary, including entrepreneurship, free enterprise, business finance, goods and services, and innovation.
-- Entrepreneurs from Michigan and around the world.
-- Action activities, including setting short-term and long-term goals.
-- Business basics, including taxes for businesses and corporations, essential skills for business owners, and product- and service-based business ideas.
-- Creating a student project-based business plan.
"Entrepreneur" would mean an individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses and takes on greater than normal financial risks to do so.
Proposed MCL 380.1166b Legislative Analyst: Dana Adams
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on the State or local intermediate school districts, school districts, or charter schools.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.