PGCPS students praise decision to add financial literacy as graduation requirement.

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'The class of 2024 will be the first required to pass a financial literacy course in order to graduate.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Plans are in motion to bring a financial literacy course to all public schools in Prince George’s County. The 2024 class will be the first required to pass the course in order to graduate.

If there was ever a time to understand how your money works, the lack thereof, or when you owe it, it is now. The impact of COVID-19 on the economy has taught a lot of lessons, which some people have had to learn the hard way. School board members want students to be prepared. Some students want it, too.


"I've been on the board a while, and I've never seen a group of students ask for a graduation requirement," Vice Chair Edward Burroughs III said.

Burroughs and Student Board Member Joshua Omolola sponsored a bill that would require all public high school students to take a financial literacy course that would become a graduation requirement in years to come. In April, the bill passed with flying colors.'>>>

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