Roseville Students Face New Personal Finance Requirement
ROSEVILLE (CBS13) — A new graduation requirement for students in Roseville public schools will teach them budgeting, saving and investing before they graduate.
Woodcreek High senior Bailey Keppel and Kelly Jew were required to take an extra course, or they wouldn't graduate.
"When it actually came out as a course people seemed to complain about it, like oh we have to do this type of thing," Keppell said.
The new requirement for Roseville Joint Unified High School District students is a personal finance course, something many students never really think about.
Mike Fisher is an assistant principal at Granite Bay High School with a background in finance. He was called on by the school board to develop a course.
"How can you argue with the fact that everyone's going to have to manage some amount of money and the better you manage it the better off you are?" He said.
The course is taken online either at home or on school computers at your own pace.
The course is supposed to take students 10 to 15 hours, but students said it took less time and they found it helpful.
Other topics included how to buy your first car, pay for college and how to fall into the trap of credit card debt.
Educators say they're glad to be pioneers in the course, which they say is likely to catch on in other districts soon.
The course will be offered to juniors, who must complete it by their senior year. Seniors were the first group to be given the test at the beginning of school last year.