Senate panel approves high school financial literacy requirement

The bill would mandate high school students be taught how to manage their own finances and build credit, replacing a laxer regulatory rule.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 431

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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The Senate Education Committee approved legislation that would codify a requirement that high school students be taught how to manage their own finances in a unanimous vote Monday.

If passed through both legislative chambers and signed into law, the bill would expand mandated instruction on financial literacy out of middle schools and narrow a regulatory requirement that mandates high school students be taught about money — just not necessarily their own.

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