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Senate Bill S6805

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes instruction in financial literacy for students in sixth through eighth grade

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2025-S6805 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8100
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §803-c, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4077, A3497
2021-2022: S1927, A5516, A9652
2023-2024: S1030, A1557

2025-S6805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes instruction in financial literacy for students in sixth through eighth grade; requires such instruction to include content on budgeting, savings, credit, debt, insurance, investment, and other issues associated with personal financial responsibility as determined by the education department.

2025-S6805 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6805
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. JACKSON, COONEY, PERSAUD, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  instruc-
   tion in financial literacy for students in sixth through eighth grade

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  803-c
 to read as follows:
   § 803-C. INSTRUCTION RELATING TO FINANCIAL LITERACY. 1. THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATE IN EACH OF THE GRADES
 SIX THROUGH EIGHT FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR PUPILS ENROLLED  IN
 SUCH  GRADES. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL BE TO PROVIDE MIDDLE
 SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC FINANCIAL LITERACY  NECESSARY  FOR  SOUND
 FINANCIAL DECISION-MAKING.
   2.  THE  INSTRUCTION  SHALL  MEET  THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT AND SHALL:
   A. BE APPROPRIATE TO, AND REFLECT THE AGE AND  COMPREHENSION  OF,  THE
 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PARTICULAR GRADE LEVEL; AND
   B.  INCLUDE  CONTENT  ON  BUDGETING, SAVINGS, CREDIT, DEBT, INSURANCE,
 INVESTMENT, AND OTHER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL FINANCIAL  RESPON-
 SIBILITY AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  WITH  SAMPLE
 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES THAT MAY BE USED  TO  SUPPORT  THE
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 school years commencing on or after the first of  July  next  succeeding
 the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11259-01-5

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