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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio Bill Permits AP Business With Personal Finance Course to Fulfill High School Financial Literacy Requirement
Last action · February 4, 2026: Referred to EducationSponsors: Joseph A. Miller, III and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Ohio House Bill 669 amends section 3313.603 of the Revised Code to allow high school students to fulfill their mandatory one-half unit financial literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing an Advanced Placement course in business with personal finance.
High school students gain an additional curricular option to satisfy state graduation mandates without increasing total credit requirements, directly affecting course scheduling for public and enrollees.
- Ohio law mandates specific curriculum unit requirements for high school graduation across public and chartered nonpublic schools. context
Who It Would Affect
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High school students in public and chartered nonpublic schools in Ohio
Students gain an additional course option to fulfill the mandatory one-half unit financial literacy graduation requirement.
School districts
School districts must recognize the AP business with personal finance course as satisfying the state financial literacy mandate.
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What course does HB 669 add as an option for high school students?
Are students required to take financial literacy to graduate?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 4, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Education
- Feb 3, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
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Expansion of Financial Literacy Pathways
The legislation broadens existing AP course pathways (previously limited to microeconomics and macroeconomics) to include business with personal finance.
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Sources
www.legislature.ohio.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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