Legislation - HB0943

Title: State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement
Sponsored by: Delegate Forbes
Status: In the House - First Reading Ways and Means
Analysis

Synopsis

Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a certain graduation requirement in financial literacy; requiring students, beginning with the 2030 graduating class, to successfully complete a certain personal financial literacy course; and requiring county boards, upon successful completion of the course, to award certain credit to students and to allow students to fulfill certain remaining credit requirements through certain existing courses.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0592

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): July 1, 2026

Bill imposes a local government mandate, which is a directive in a bill requiring a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/05/2026 Legislative Date 2/05/2026 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/05/2026	2/05/2026	First Reading Ways and Means
			Text - First - State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement

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