More Than Half Of High School Students Will Take Personal Finance Class
(Undated) -- More than half of U.S. high school students will soon be required to take a personal finance course before graduation. This, after Pennsylvania became the 25th state to guarantee a personal finance course for high school students when its governor signed a bill into law earlier this week. Personal finance courses generally teach high school students real-world lessons on topics including spending and savings, credit and credit scores, investing and managing risk. An official with the nonprofit Next Gen Personal Finance says as a result of the Pennsylvania legislation, 53-percent of high school students will have a mandatory financial education course.