Bill > SB1778

This bill establishes new requirements for personal finance education in Missouri public schools, defining "personal finance" as a course covering financial literacy and the tools needed for personal and professional success in today's economy. The curriculum will include topics such as earning income, budgeting, saving, banking, credit, investing, fraud prevention, taxes, and understanding contracts for major purchases. To guide this, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will form a work group, including educators and representatives from various financial industries, to develop academic standards for a required half-unit of personal finance credit. These standards will be adopted by the State Board of Education for the 2027-2028 school year and reviewed every seven years, with the requirement that all students must complete this half-unit after ninth grade to graduate, though waivers are possible for transfer students with equivalent coursework or for ninth graders if deemed beneficial for their academic plan.

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