California will require financial literacy education. Is that a good thing?

To the editor: A November ballot initiative forced legislators' hands to pass AB 2927 requiring financial planning be taught before high school graduation. Presumably they didn't want to be embarrassed by the public on such an obvious need. AB 984, last year's bill with similar requirements, didn’t get very far. The public is right.

high schools. It covered balancing a checkbook, managing credit and much more. It had been offered for several decades. What became of it? received the message: All students should focus on “college prep.” I later became a school counselor for two additional Southern California school districts. Saying there’s not enough room for a pocketbook economics course in a college-bound student's schedule is a false claim. There is plenty of room. Wendell H. Jones, Ojai .. To the editor: While the Legislature is at it, how about making it a requirement that all high school students pass the U.S.

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