Regarding the financial education public-private partnership.
Summary
Adds the State Treasurer as a member of the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership (Partnership) and provides that teachers who are members of the Partnership be reimbursed for travel expenses and allowed to attend official meetings.
Provides that the Partnership and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) shall work together to integrate financial education skills and content knowledge into the state learning standards.
Requires the OSPI to make available to districts a list of financial education materials that align with the integrated standards.
Requires districts to provide the opportunity to all high school students to access the standards, through any of a variety of means such as a class, during lunch, before or after school, or via online opportunities.
Adopts, as the state financial education learning standards, the standards in K-12 personal finance education developed by a national coalition for personal financial literacy that includes partners from business, finance, government, academia, education, and state affiliates.
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 5202), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗