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District plans two‑stage rollout of mandated personal‑finance requirement; SmartFutures platform questioned
Summary
The committee reviewed a two‑stage plan to require Personal Finance I for ninth graders and Personal Finance II for juniors, discussed course level (CP/honors) and the district's use of SmartFutures as an artifacts warehouse. The committee tentatively agreed to offer College Prep and Honors tracks and evaluate after one year.
East Stroudsburg Area School District staff presented a two‑stage plan to comply with Pennsylvania personal‑finance requirements by adding Personal Finance I for ninth graders and Personal Finance II for juniors.
The district's written plan makes Personal Finance I a freshman course that introduces basic age‑appropriate finance topics and career education/work standards; Personal Finance II would follow in eleventh grade with deeper topics such as credit, loans, investments, budgets, mortgages and college financing. Staff said the freshman course can be implemented next year with no additional staffing and no extra…
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