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Middle and high school students will learn the first steps to becoming entrepreneurs through a new curriculum designed by economics experts in business and education.
A team of experts with diverse backgrounds and education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, the Nebraska Department of Education, Bryan High School, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City wrote and published a new entrepreneurship curriculum guide for middle and high school students. The guide can be used in its entirety for a semester-long course, or it can be used to supplement resources that a teacher already uses.
BY Unicameral Update | February 1, 2021
The Education Committee heard testimony Feb. 1 on two bills intended to improve Nebraska students’ personal finance skills.
Under LB327, introduced by Sen. Julie Slama of Peru, students must complete at least one half-credit hour of a personal finance or financial literacy course prior to graduation, beginning in school year 2022-23.
“Without a requirement that all students have a basic understanding of personal finance,” she said, “we’re risking the financial future of our youth.”
LB452, introduced by Omaha Sen. Terrell McKinney, would require each school district to create a financial literacy program and incorporate it into its K-12 curriculum.