Wisconsin Education Leaders Against New Financial Literacy Requirement for High Schools
Many schools in Wisconsin already teach personal finance. Rep. Alex Dallman wants to make it a required class worth one class credit.
The plan to require high school students in Wisconsin to learn about money and how to manage it in order to graduate from high school is running into opposition from the state’s education leaders.
The Department of Public Instruction is in opposition to AB 899 , which would require all high schools in the state to teach financial literacy.
“We need to find a way to bring our education into the 21st Century, and teach our students stuff they need to learn to be successful in our economy,” Rep. Alex Dallman, R-Green Lake, explained to The Center Square on Tuesday.
DPI is open to teaching financial literacy but has concerns about making it a graduation requirement.
Rep. Alex Dallman said he is not really surprised that DPI and other education bureaucrats are opposed to his plan.
“School districts often complain about the money they don’t have,