Financial Literacy

The law will be phased in and eventually will require all Florida high school students to earn a half-credit on how to handle their money.

The course will cover topics such as how to manage bank accounts and credit cards, as well as types of savings and investments.

Among other things, the bill is designed to teach high school students about money management, how to apply for a loan, and how to file federal income taxes.

Florida schools should teach their students how to save, invest, and otherwise understand personal finances. That’s according to members of the Florida...

The first time some students learn about finances is during a high school economics class. Others learn by trial and error, but one program in the Tampa…

Florida high school students already get instruction on financial literacy before graduating, but a popular House bill would have made it a stand-alone...

Lawmakers want Florida students to be smarter about their money. They’ve introduced a bill to make a financial literacy course a high school graduation...