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Utah House approves task force to overhaul financial-literacy education despite debate over schools' bandwidth
Summary
The House passed first substitute Senate Bill 43 to direct the State Board of Education to convene a task force on financial and economic literacy, with supporters citing bankruptcy and attendance data and opponents warning schools are already overburdened. Vote: 54-16.
The Utah House on Feb. 21 approved first substitute Senate Bill 43, directing the State Board of Education to establish a task force to study and recommend improvements to financial and economic literacy instruction and report to the education interim committee in November.
"This bill directs the state board of education to establish a task force to study and make recommendations on how to improve the financial and economic literacy education in the public school system and make those our report available to our education interim committee in November," Representative Arendt said during…
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