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Committee debates requiring financial‑literacy instruction; sponsors propose half‑unit or standalone course
Summary
House Bill 15‑33 would require financial‑literacy concepts in high school. The sponsor proposes an amendment to make a half‑unit (or an approved standalone course) mandatory; supporters cited research favoring standalone courses while some districts warned an added graduation requirement could be an unfunded mandate.
The Senate Education Committee heard House Bill 15‑33, which would require North Dakota high schools to teach financial‑literacy concepts and would direct the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to use updated K‑12 financial literacy content standards. Representative Brandy Pyle (District 22) presented an amendment to require each student to complete one half‑unit of financial literacy or, with DPI approval, an equivalent course.
Pyle said financial literacy belongs in a modern ‘‘portrait of a graduate’’ and described the proposal as a way to ensure students leave high school able to manage college costs, credit, and everyday finance. She asked the committee to adopt the amendment that would make the course a graduation requirement unless embedded as an approved equivalent.
Supporters included State Treasurer Thomas Beadle, who co‑chairs the state Financial Literacy Commission, and Lance Hill of Bank of North Dakota. Beadle and Hill described state and national efforts to expand personal finance instruction and pointed to resources…
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