2SHB 1285: Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools.

What this bill does

Requires public school students, beginning with the graduating class of 2031, to meet the high school state financial education learning standards to graduate. Requires school districts, charter schools, and state-tribal education compact schools to provide all high school students with instruction in the state financial education learning standards, beginning in or before the 2027-28 school year. Requires the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership to develop a statewide implementation plan for the graduation requirement.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 2025
  94 yea · 3 nay · 1 not voting

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Other bills sponsored by Rude

• 2SHB 2593: Addressing school district accounting, budgeting, and reporting requirements.
• E2SHB 2636: Requiring reviews of the performance, operations, and funding of the state’s public education system.
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