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Rock Hill board tables vote on personal-finance textbook after concerns over all-digital subscription
Summary
The Rock Hill School Board postponed a vote on adopting Ramsey Solutions for the personal-finance graduation requirement after members raised concerns that the recommended option is primarily a six-year digital subscription and may limit access for students without reliable home internet or those who prefer paper workbooks.
The Rock Hill School Board on Nov. 11 postponed action on a recommended personal-finance textbook after several members questioned whether the district would be locked into an all-digital, six-year subscription and whether consumable printed workbooks would be available.
Alicia Johnson, the district's executive director for secondary education, told the board that the state had allocated funding for new personal-finance instructional materials and that "the textbook that we are adopting,…
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