Today's.
Brandon's Blog is titled What Is Financial Literacy?
Good
new Florida Law Latest to Require High School Students
to Pass Financial Literacy Course
writes this week describing a new law that last week Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill
requiring every Florida high school student to pass a financial literacy
course in order to graduate from high school.
Brandon describes the new law
and provides his comments on what is financially literate.
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video because I know you will find it informative.
Brandon describes
the new Florida law
that high school students will soon be learning about financial literacy.
He gives his thoughts on when financial literacy should be learned.
He gives the background
that although there have been vast improvements
in teaching financial literacy, there is still a long way to go.
Surveys have shown that many Canadians
are not financially literate and in the United States the same problem exists.
Brandon provides his best definition of financial literacy.
He talks about the Ontario curriculum
where now grade ten students need to take a financial literacy
course and he provides an overview of what is contained in that curriculum.
He then talks about examples being
taught in the Ontario financial literacy program.
Brandon then goes on to describe the new Florida law called the
Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act. He describes the kinds of things
high school students will now learn in relation to financial literacy.
Brandon also comments that Florida is only the 11th state
that has a mandatory requirement
for students to learn about financial literacy.
So as you can see in the United States,
there is a long way to go for financial education.
Brandon then talks about some of the more
popular personal budget rules and gives his five main rules that if you follow
them, you will be in much better financial shape.
Then finally Brandon summarizes by giving his key takeaways.
So I hope you can read the entire
Brandon's Blog below because I know you will get value from it.
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