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Radnor recommends standalone 0.5-credit personal finance course to meet Pennsylvania mandate
Summary
The Radnor Township School District curriculum committee endorsed Option 2: make personal finance a standalone 0.5-credit high school elective by reducing general electives from 5.0 to 4.5 credits; the plan anticipates adding 1 FTE and returning a program-of-studies proposal to the board next month.
Doctor Kearney told the Curriculum Committee on Nov. 11 that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is now requiring a standalone personal finance course for all high school students and recommended the district adopt Option 2 to meet that mandate. "The state of Pennsylvania is mandating a stand alone personal finance course required of all, high school students that needs to be a minimum of 0.5 credits," Kearney said.
Kearney said Option 2 would reduce the district’s general elective requirement from 5.0 to 4.5 credits and require personal finance as its own elective, minimizing impacts on core courses such as government…
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