The House of Representatives of Georgia, United States, approved on March 8 a new study program in financial education for high school students, which includes bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a topic.

The bill, which has a half-sanction, requires state education officials to implement a financial education study program for tenth and eleventh grade students.

The proposal was presented on the day March 1 and approved on March 8, with 169 votes in favor and 2 against. The project was sponsored by six Republican candidates and has been sent to the Georgia Senate for further deliberation.

Bitcoin, financial planning and investments would reach schools

The text of the bill reads: «The State Board of Education will prescribe a study program in personal financial education for students to complete during school secondary. ”

The project requires at least 16 areas of financial education to be incorporated with topics such as: types of bank accounts, opening an account and quality evaluation, investments, financial planning, inheritances, taxes, debts, bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

This gives us a glimpse into the future of education and finance in the world, where knowing how to handle money is a vital part of the day-to-day life of any adult. Now, this could be taken into account for the basic education of students.

Georgia would not be the first case to include the topic of cryptocurrencies. in a high school curriculum . CriptoNoticias published the news of the implementation of a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency module by the French Ministry of Education, in its high school curriculum.

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