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Debate over Michigan Merit Curriculum changes spotlights personal finance and arts requirements
Summary
House Bill 4156 would revise the Michigan Merit Curriculum; supporters urged adding personal finance as a graduation guarantee while principals and arts educators warned the bill could reduce flexibility and weaken arts requirements.
House Bill 4156, presented to the House Education and Workforce Committee, would revise the Michigan Merit Curriculum (MMC). Testimony at the hearing focused on two sharp themes: advocates urged ensuring a personal finance graduation guarantee, while representatives of school principals and arts educators warned that the bill’s proposed course lists could reduce local flexibility and weaken arts instruction.
Derek D'Angelo, president of the Michigan Council on Economic Education, told the committee, "We are here to fully support HB 4,156 and its attempts to make personal finance a graduation guarantee for all Michigan students." D'Angelo argued that…
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