HI SCR152

Urges the Department of Education to coordinate with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to implement a mandatory half-credit financial literacy course as a graduation requirement during junior or senior year.

Requires curriculum to include practical instruction on banking, credit cards, student loans, tax filing, credit scores, savings and investments, rental deposits, and wages and benefits analysis.

Cites that Hawaii ranks among the ten states with the lowest high school financial literacy levels and that 21 states already require financial literacy courses for graduation.

References a 2015 task force established through Senate Concurrent Resolution 97 that submitted recommendations for implementing a financial literacy program in schools.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the Board of Education Chairperson, Superintendent of Education, and Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.