New York S00677 mandates the education commissioner to create and implement financial and insurance literacy courses for high school students.

New York S00677 requires the commissioner of education to develop and adopt curriculum standards for financial and insurance literacy courses for students in grades nine through twelve. These courses must cover core competencies of money management, investment, and basic principles of personal insurance policies. Students must complete at least a half-credit course in financial and insurance literacy as a condition of graduation. The instruction may be integrated into existing coursework or offered as a separate unit of study, subject to state-appropriated funding.

New York S00677 mandates the education commissioner to create and implement financial and insurance literacy courses for high school students.

New York S00677 requires the commissioner of education to develop and adopt curriculum standards for financial and insurance literacy courses for students in grades nine through twelve. These courses must cover core competencies of money management, investment, and basic principles of personal insurance policies. Students must complete at least a half-credit course in financial and insurance literacy as a condition of graduation. The instruction may be integrated into existing coursework or offered as a separate unit of study, subject to state-appropriated funding.