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HS1FORHB203 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.

Education
Enacted

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Last action
2025-09-19
Official status
Signed by Governor
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.
  • With 60% of U.S.
  • households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed.
  • This Act, which may be cited as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-09-19 Delaware General Assembly

    Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-06-26 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT

  3. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  4. 2025-06-25 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 NOT VOTING

  5. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  6. 2025-06-24 Delaware General Assembly

    Amendment SA 1 to HS 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  7. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

  8. 2025-06-12 Delaware General Assembly

    Assigned to Education Committee in Senate

  9. 2025-06-11 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 3 Favorable, 9 On Its Merits

  10. 2025-06-10 Delaware General Assembly

    Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 203, and Assigned to Education Committee in House

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELAWARE ACT.
With 60% of U.S. households living paycheck to paycheck, 40% of Americans having less than $300 in savings, 33% of Americans having saved nothing for retirement, 95% of Americans having not saved enough for retirement, and 87% of American teens admitting not understanding their finances, financial literacy education in Delaware high schools is needed. This Act, which may be cited as “The Equity and Inclusion in Financial Literacy for All High School Students in Delaware Act”, requires high schools to provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy. And, beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2026 through 2027 school year, successful completion of the credit will be required to obtain a high school diploma. This Act requires the credit to include instruction which meets the financial literacy standards for high school students adopted by the Department of Education. This substitute corrects a reference from "course" to "credit" in the synopsis.