DeSantis signs bill for high school students to take required financial literacy course

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would require high school students to know financial literacy.

He announced the signing of the bill during a news conference Tuesday with Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and Senate President Wilton Simpson at the Innovation Preparatory Academy in Wesley Chapel, Fla.

DeSantis discussed that the bill will provide a foundation for students to be well versed in financial literacy.

The bill would require all Florida high school students to meet a financial literacy one half credit requirement in order to graduate.

“I think its going to have a really positive impact on student achievement and student success,” DeSantis said.

The requirement is expected to begin sometime between the 2023 to 2024 school year.

“This will provide a foundation for students to learn the basics about money management, understanding debt, understanding how to balance a checkbook and understanding the fundamentals of investing,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis also discussed that this will be the last school year that Florida’s students will be taking the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) and that schools will be moving to progress monitoring with individual learning plans.