Do you know how to balance a budget? New bill would make it a graduation requirement
WA bill would make financial literacy a pre-requisite to graduate
High schoolers would learn how credit cards work, how interest rates work, how to balance a budget and what mortgages are.
OLYMPIA - A bill making its way through the legislature would require public high schools to teach students financial literacy beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
Republican representative Skyler Rude is behind House Bill 1915, which is being discussed in an executive session in the education committee on Thursday.
If passed, high school students will have to learn the following things to graduate:
- How credit cards work
- How interest rates work
- All about mortgages
- How to balance a budget
Some school districts already require this, but the bill would make it a statewide requirement.