This forum comes after state legislators passed a budget provision requiring that high schoolers must take a personal finance course to graduate.
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — A statewide nonprofit named SC Economics hosted a forum today, to give teachers the resources they need for their new personal finance classes. This course will be a requirement for students to graduate in the future, starting with the high school freshman class of 2023.
State legislators passed a budget provision about this requirement, a personal finance class, earlier this year.
So now, teachers across the state of South Carolina are navigating a new course, teaching personal finance.
“I’m a new middle school teacher and we’re actually creating a new financial literacy program for middle schoolers in Clover, so this is a good opportunity for me to build my network as well and learn other resources,” said Christa Feaster an Oak Ridge Middle School teacher.
An SC Economics finance forum hosted in West Columbia on Tuesday is making …