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CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) -- Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is pushing to make a semester-long financial literacy course a graduation requirement statewide.
The Cumberland Times-News reports that Franchot outlined the goal Monday at Fort Hill High School in Cumberland.
The school is in Allegany County, which recently mandated such a requirement starting with the Class of 2012.
At least five other Maryland counties require students to take a course covering money management, consumer rights and responsibilities, spending, and credit.
The JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy says three states -- Missouri, Tennessee and Utah -- require such a one-semester course.
The group says another 18 states require that personal finance instruction be incorporated into other subject matter.
