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Senator: Make Florida Students Pass Financial Literacy Class To Graduate
September 12, 2014
A Port Orange senator has announced that she will introduce legislation during the 2015 session that would require Florida students to take a half-credit course in financial literacy.
The proposal by Sen. Dorothy Hukill is intended to help students better manage their money and, if signed into law, would become a graduation requirement.
“Requiring a personal finance course will prepare our high school students heading to college or entering the work force with the tools and insight they need to be well-equipped to handle their personal finances,’” Hukill said in a press release. A similar effort in the 2014 session failed to advance beyond the Education Committee, where it received approval on a 6-3 vote.
by The News Service of Florida
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3 Responses to “Senator: Make Florida Students Pass Financial Literacy Class To Graduate”
Perhaps the state is checking into this program for schools… good information for young people.
http://www.daveramsey.com/school/foundations/?ictid=ksbb_foundhs
Great to hear this! My son, who is a senior at Tate, has been talking about this very issue frequently. Yes parents will help but teenagers listen to others before us. Right?
This legislation seems too much like common sense …makes me wonder why the previous effort did not pass “beyond the education committee”… Current graduates will need to factor in that not only will they have to immediately begin to prepare financially for their own retirement (no social security for them) but they’ll also have to think about helping their parents who also have missed their SS cut off period…. All in all, this legislation is a no brainer.