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Treasurer Pellicciotti's statement on the Senate passage of HB 1915 on financial education
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Legislation to include financial education as a graduation requirement in Washington public schools was announced today by a bipartisan coalition of state legislators. House Bill 1915, sponsored by Rep. Skyler Rude (R-Walla Walla) and Senate Bill 5819, sponsored by Sen. Javier Valdez (D-Seattle) would phase financial education curriculum into K-12 classrooms and culminate with a half-credit requirement beginning with the class of 2029.
At this week’s special WA529 Committee meeting, Washington State Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti supported lowering the 2020-2021 Washington State GET unit price from $133 to $122.