JUSTIFICATION Currently New York high school students are not required to take a course in financial literacy in order to graduate. As a result most high school graduates are ill-equipped to evaluate and conduct many of the basic financial transactions they will face in adult life.

Financial Literacy Course NYS Students | Member & Career Services

19‏/05‏/2022 — The Council for Economic Education surveys financial literacy curricula in all states and found that as of 2020 New York does not require ...

Survey finds personal financial education only required in 21 states ...

06‏/04‏/2021 — Morrison says New York is not one of those states that requires personal financial classes to graduate. Instead coursework must be integrated ...

Fostering Financial Literacy through Education

New York and other B states include personal finance topics in their K–12 instructional guidelines and require local school districts to implement these ...

These states poised to pass personal finance education laws this year

19‏/04‏/2022 — Georgia will likely be the next state to pass a personal finance education mandate according to a bill tracker from nonprofit group Next ...

Governor Kathy Hochul Announces New Guidance to Expand Access to ...

15‏/04‏/2022 — Financial literacy is an essential life skill for everyones financial wellbeing and that is why New York State continues to take bold ...

Promoting Consumer and Financial Literacy for Young Adults

NYS Attorney GeneralMenu ... At the same time students financial literacy is low. A survey of high school students conducted by Americans for Consumer ...

New York | The Nations Report Card on Financial Literacy

Vision 2020 is an initiative by the American Public Education Foundation. ... New York needs to require a stand-alone high school personal finance course ...

Most States Dont Require Specific Financial Literacy Classes

19‏/01‏/2018 — While there has been debate over whether mandating personal finance education is an effective way to make young people more savvy about money ...

More States Require Students to Learn About Money Matters

27‏/08‏/2021 — Growing interest in financial education Ms. Morrison said is driven by concern about student debt as well as the rise of the gig economy and ...