2SHB 1285 — Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools.
Did not pass — the 2025–26 session has ended
- Sponsor
- Rude
- Introduced
- February 28, 2025
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (January 12, 2026)
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, 202594 yea · 3 nay · 1 not voting
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