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Ron Johnson: “We actually had financial literacy requirement added to our…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on governing through goal setting

Published | Video Starts at 29:18

One of the reasons I actually decided I could afford to leave my business and, and run for the US Senate is I was volunteering a lot of time in education in Oshkosh. Our first initiative was in Oshkosh. We actually had financial literacy requirement added to our graduation requirements before the state Department of Public Instruction did. I mean, so you can get involved in your local school system and prompt the school board to actually instill those standards. So that, that's actually good news and it's actually, actually critical. (29:18–29:25)

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