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Pennsylvania State Senate approves new requirement for high school students

By Patrick Damp

/ CBS Pittsburgh

State Senate approves bill to require finances courses for high school students

HARRISBURG (KDKA) - State lawmakers are moving forward on a new requirement for high school students.

It would give them a course in living as an adult in the modern world.

The state senate approved the bill that requires students to take classes teaching economics and personal finance.

Those courses include credit management, learning about interest and borrowing money, mortgages, and more.

It now heads to the state house.

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.

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