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Board discusses how to implement state-mandated personal finance credit

Raleigh County Schools Board of Education · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Raleigh County Schools staff described upcoming implementation of a state-required personal-finance credit for the freshman cohort, certification/waiver pathways for teachers (grandfather deadline June 30, 2024), scheduling concerns for AP/dual-credit students, and textbook adoption plans.

Miss Hodges briefed the board on a new state requirement that creates a stand-alone personal-finance credit for graduation, starting with this year's freshman cohort.

She said personal finance is no longer embedded as a full-year civics course; instead, civics will be one semester and personal finance another. The state initially recommended the course for upperclassmen but later…

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