"California's Push for Personal Finance Education for Kids"
Next Gen Personal Finance, an organization focused on promoting personal finance education, is pushing for a ballot measure in California to make a personal finance course a high school graduation requirement. The organization already offers free personal finance curriculum and teacher training to schools in California. The proposed requirement would incorporate personal finance lessons into economics classes, rather than mandating stand-alone courses. The measure has garnered support from State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and public opinion polls show that 78% of California voters would support the requirement. However, critics argue that adding another requirement to students' already full schedules could be burdensome.