Now Why Didn't We Think of That?

Check out this article about New Jersey – good for them! http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090126/UPDATES01/90126011


Here in New Hampshire we also have something positive going on relative to youth financial education – HB123. This bill, introduced by Rep. Don Pettersen from Brentwood, seeks to increase the emphasis of personal finance within the Economics curriculum requirement we already have. Clever.


New Hampshire already has a graduation requirement for Economics – the only state in New England that has this requirement. Associated with the requirement is a document called Curriculum Frameworks – a template of sorts that tells teachers what their students should know at various benchmarks in grade school. Included in the frameworks is a standard for personal finance – patterned after the previous version of the national Jump$tart standards. http://www.jumpstart.org/


Currently the bill is being referred to a sub-committee of the House Education Committee. To follow the status of the bill and to read its text go here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=1&sy=2009&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2009&txtbillnumber=HB123&q=1


It’s time for your voice to be heard….