More schools across US add financial literacy lessons as new graduation requirement WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

WASHINGTON — As students head back to class after summer break, there’s a greater push to prioritize financial literacy in the classroom.

More than half of states in the United States have passed laws requiring high school students to take and pass a personal finance education class before graduation.

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As a result of the newer laws, more high school students than ever before are learning a subject most of their parents never studied when they were in school.

Channel 2 Washington Correspondent Nicole D’Antonio has learned that’s a big jump compared to four years ago, when only a few states had personal finance course requirements in their curricula.

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In 2020, just eight states required high school students to take a personal finance course.

Georgia is one of the many states now requiring all high school students take at least one semester of personal finance before they can graduate. …