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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="3-1008" title_number="3" title_name="Establishment of County Boards of Education" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Prince George's County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The county board may develop curriculum content for a hands–on course in financial literacy to be offered to all students in the eighth grade.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The curriculum content shall include instruction regarding:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Identification of services provided by financial institutions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Debit cards and their uses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Interest and credit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Savings and investing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The differences among sales, income, and property taxes, and the purpose of each type of tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The basic principles of Social Security;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Net monthly income; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Household budgeting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Beginning in the 2013–2014 school year, the county board may implement the financial literacy curriculum content developed under subsection (a) of this section in every middle school in the county.</text>
  </level>
</section>
