CURRICULA: Provides relative to required instruction in financial literacy for high school students (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB 52 requires Louisiana high schools to include scholarships, grants, and other financial aid options for college in their mandatory high school financial literacy courses. This affects all Louisiana public high school students starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill amends existing law to add this specific topic to the required curriculum, ensuring students learn about funding sources for postsecondary education. It has no state cost impact ("EN NO IMPACT") and was recently reported favorably by the legislature.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 11, 2025
Signed Jun 4, 2025
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This bill updates the Louisiana high school financial literacy curriculum requirement to explicitly include instruction on scholarships, grants, and other financial aid opportunities for postsecondary education. The change expands the scope of the required course content to ensure students receive specific guidance on funding their college education alongside existing topics like budgeting and credit. This addition aims to better prepare students for the financial realities of higher education by making financial aid a mandatory part of the graduation requirement.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the required high school financial literacy course by adding a new mandatory topic regarding postsecondary financial aid.
REQUIREMENT
Added a new specific requirement for high school financial literacy courses to cover scholarships, grants, and other financial opportunities for postsecondary education.
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · House Apr 30, 2025
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 27, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt Willard
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
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