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California Joins 30 States to Require Financial Literacy Courses For Teens in Every High School

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California became the 26th state to require a stand-alone personal finance course for all public high school students; the one-semester course, mandated to start by Fall 2027, will cover 13 money management topics including banking, credit scores, loans, taxes, investing, insurance, and fraud prevention.

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