Comptroller Joins Students, Teachers, Industry Leaders in Push for Financial Literacy Requirement

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Comptroller Peter Franchot joined an unparalleled coalition of supporters calling for passage of legislation mandating a financial literacy graduation requirement for all Maryland students. Students, educators, consumer advocates and business leaders rallied for better financial education.

“The time is now for Maryland to require all students take a standalone course in financial literacy in order to graduate from high school,” Comptroller Franchot said. “I believe that fewer people would be drowning in debt today and facing the loss of their homes, their credit ratings and their financial security if they had been armed with a financial education. We don’t have time to wait,” he added. Read more...