Day: June 23, 2011

State Roundup, June 23, 2011

State elections board validates 47,288 signatures on petition to bring DREAM Act to referendum, less than 9,000 more to go to make the ballot; Henson attorney blasts Gansler over robocall indictment; former aide contests Schaefer estate; Bartlett’s wealth grows; Prince George’s gets another shot at securing HHS HQ; conservative Carroll County Commissioners cause concerns; and Baltimore County redistricting plan ready for review.

Implementation of financial literacy recommendations makes slow progress

State agencies are reporting mixed results in implementing the recommendations of the General Assembly’s Task Force on Financial Literacy. Most of the state’s 24 school systems “will have some component ready to go this fall, but they won’t be as ready to implement [the curriculum] as we had hoped,” said Katharine Oliver, the Maryland State Department of Education’s assistant state superintendent for career and college readiness.

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