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  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-15",
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        "label": "New York State Education Department: NYSED Personal Finance Education",
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        "heading": "What the Regents actually required",
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          "New York's Board of Regents changed a state rule (Section 100.2) so that schools must teach personal finance. The change became permanently effective on March 25, 2026.",
          "That means personal finance now has to be taught, from kindergarten through 12th grade. It does not have to be its own class."
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      {
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          "That is why lawmakers have filed bills to go further. None of them has left committee yet."
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