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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 741<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 47<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56640,"section_number":"23.1-1006","catch_line":"Management agreement; contents and scope","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1006\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":185445,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72934,"identifier":"23.1-901","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/2\/23.1-901","url":"\/23.1-901\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-901\/","token":"23.1\/II\/9\/2\/23.1-901","dublin_core":{"Title":"Programs on economics education and financial literacy","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-901","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Public institutions of higher education shall promote the development of student life skills by including the principles of economics education and financial literacy within an existing general education course, the freshman orientation process, or another appropriate venue<\/span>. Such principles may include instruction concerning personal finance such as credit card use, opening and managing an account in a financial institution, completing a loan application, managing student loans, savings and investments, consumer rights and responsibilities, predatory lending practices and interest rates, consumer fraud<\/span>, identity theft and protection, and debt management. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Council<\/span> shall encourage private institutions of higher education to include such principles as part of their student orientation programs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROGRAMS ON ECONOMICS EDUCATION AND FINANCIAL LITERACY (\u00a7 23.1-901)\n\nA. Public institutions of higher education shall promote the development of\nstudent life skills by including the principles of economics education and\nfinancial literacy within an existing general education course, the freshman\norientation process, or another appropriate venue. Such principles may include\ninstruction concerning personal finance such as credit card use, opening and\nmanaging an account in a financial institution, completing a loan application,\nmanaging student loans, savings and investments, consumer rights and\nresponsibilities, predatory lending practices and interest rates, consumer\nfraud, identity theft and protection, and debt management.\n\nB. The Council shall encourage private institutions of higher education to\ninclude such principles as part of their student orientation programs.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 741, \u00a7 23-9.2:3.5; 2007, c. 47; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}