Florida lawmakers unanimously approved a bill on Feb. 23 that would require high school students to take and pass a financial literacy course before graduating. House Bill 1115 would add the course requirement starting as early as the 2022-2023 school year. It could become a condition for getting their diplomas. Currently, students are required to take eight elective courses. The bill would drop that to seven-and-a-half credits with a half-credit course in personal financial literacy added to graduation requirements statewide. A companion bill currently in the Senate called the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act” is named for the former Republican senator who passed away in 2018. It closely mirrors HB 1115. In October 2021, Ohio lawmakers passed a similar bill requiring a financial literacy course that was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine. He said that high schools will offer a mathematics course beginning with the 2022-2023 school …