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FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Fremont students would have to learn more about the world and more about personal finance in order to graduate, under a proposed revision of district requirements.
The school board rendered its initial approval of the measure on Monday, according to the Fremont Tribune (http://bit.ly/1xanNM6 ). A final vote is expected at next month's meeting.
Darin Kelberlau, executive director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, told the board the revision is predicated on the district's plan to meet state social studies standards.
The proposed changes would affect the graduating class of 2019, which will be next fall's freshman class. The revised policy wouldn't include drastic changes for graduation, but it would require every student to take a couple of courses that previously could have been electives.
"Based on the amount of standards in world geography and personal finance, we felt those requirements for all kids would be very beneficial," said Kelberlau.
Students must earn 250 credits to graduate. In social studies, the elective credits required would be reduced to 10, but five credits were added to the required courses with the addition of world geography.
Also under the new requirements, students would have to earn 20 credits in world language or career education, which includes business, family and consumer sciences and industrial technology courses. Five credits of the 20 required would have to be the personal finance course.
The district will encourage most of its students to take the personal finance course as 10th- and 11th-graders, Kelberlau said.
"We feel a course like personal finance would be more meaningful if they have a job," he said.
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