TEACH PERSONAL FINANCE IN SCHOOLS

By Bob Katzen

Bill:(H 578) – Would require the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop and assist in the implementation of curriculum on personal financial literacy to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to become self-supporting and to enable them to make critical decisions regarding personal finances. The components of the curriculum would include the understanding of loans, borrowing money, interest, credit card debt and online commerce; rights and responsibilities of renting or buying a home; saving, investing and planning for retirement; banking and financial services; balancing a checkbook; state and federal taxes; and charitable giving.

Supporters say that schools should teach these practical skills in school because by the time students graduate high school, they do not have this practical knowledge that they will use for the rest of their lives.

Sponsor Rep. Peter Durant (R-Spencer) did not respond to repeated attempts by Beacon Hill Roll Call asking him to comment on his bill and its defeat.

One thought on “TEACH PERSONAL FINANCE IN SCHOOLS”

  1. English or history classes should have students read books like this one: History of Central Banking by Goodson

    Its sad how so few people know that :

    we have a debt based economic system that continues to keep the majority of us in debt servitude;

    no country has ever borrowed its way to prosperity;

    how in our brief history (when compared to other nations) that our currency has failed twice;

    3/4ths of our current national debt of 31 trillion is compound interest for past spending;

    what usury is;

    how we have a fiat currency;

    usdebtclock.org top line shows how every man, woman and child owes over $90,000 today.

    – – – –
    Recently the inflation reduction act was passed. Why didn’t it lower inflation?

Leave a Reply to the informer Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.