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Referenced Laws
20 U.S.C. 7801
Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense Student Financial Literacy Act.
Section 2
2. Financial literacy education in schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, shall require that each student of a high school operated by the Activity complete a dedicated course of instruction in financial literacy as a prerequisite to graduating from such school. The graduation requirement under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to students of high schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity beginning with the cohort of students who enter ninth grade in the first school year that begins one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. In this Act, the term high school has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).