Question
Should all high school students be required to complete an expanded financial literacy course to graduate?
Background
Community members worry that students graduate without basic skills in budgeting, credit, student loans, and investing. Adding a required course may crowd out other electives and require additional teacher training and curriculum development.
Options
- Require a full-semester financial literacy course for graduation.
- Integrate financial literacy units into existing math and social studies courses.
- Offer financial literacy as an elective with strong encouragement to enroll.
- Make no changes to current graduation requirements.