Tagged: finance

Politics & Government
12:58 pm
Wed January 30, 2013

Lawmakers call for financial literacy standards

Credit Brandon Smith / Indiana Public Broadcasting
Indiana Sen. Brent Waltz (R-Greenwood).

State lawmakers are pushing legislation that would create a financial literacy curriculum for the state, encouraging schools to teach skills such as investing, balancing a checkbook, and applying for loans. 

Supporters of the legislation say students are graduating high school without basic financial skills.

Greenwood Republican Senator Brent Waltz says that’s not a new problem.

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