BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5080: Financial education

Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement.

Summary

Requires that Washington students meet the state learning standards related to financial education to graduate from high school, beginning no later than 2033.
Directs the Washington State Board of Education (SBE) to work with stakeholders to recommend adjustments to graduation requirements and educational offerings, and report to the Legislature and Governor.
Directs the Financial Education Public-Private Partnership to create a statewide financial education graduation requirement implementation plan, informed by data from school districts.
Directs the SBE to monitor financial education offerings to ensure district compliance, and report to the Legislature and Governor.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5080), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to making financial education instruction a graduation requirement;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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