SB 592

State Board of Education - Financial Literacy - Graduation Requirement

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a certain graduation requirement in financial literacy; requiring students, beginning with the 2030 graduating class, to successfully complete a certain personal financial literacy course; and requiring county boards, upon successful completion of the course, to award certain credit to students and to allow students to fulfill certain remaining credit requirements through certain existing courses.

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Testimony (33)

MGA witness list

FAV 24FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 6UnfavorableINFO 2Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	DeMinco, Lynne	BCRW	Position only
FAV	Bistransin, Susan D.	Financial Education	Oral
FAV	White, Joshlobbyist	KO Public Affairs	Oral
FAV	Weaver, Julie	Maryland Council on Economic Education	Written (PDF)
FAV	Orbe, Jr., Carlos	Maryland Latinos Unidos	Written (PDF)
FAV	May, Lisalobbyist	Maryland REALTORS	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Maryland State Senate	Written (PDF)
FAV	Greenhawk, Janet	Moms For Liberty Talbot	Position only
FAV	Sherrill, Christian	Next Gen Personal Finance	Oral
FAV	Wieland, Tom	Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.	Position only
FAV	McGrath, Daniel	Rocket Money, Inc	Written (PDF)
FAV	SWASC, UM	Social Work Advocates for Social Change	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lerol, Travis	Travis Lerol	Position only
FAV	Kaplowitz, Richard KAP	Year	Written (PDF)
FAV	Andrione, William	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Hamilton, Kimberly	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jarrett, Beth	Individual	Position only
FAV	Meyerovich, Mark	Individual	Position only
FAV	Murray, Rorylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Osayi, Neziah	Individual	Oral
FAV	Prezelski, Julius	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Takash, Olivia	Individual	Oral
FAV	Tibbals, Trudy	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Wilson, Grace	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sterrette, Dawana	Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners	Written (PDF)
UNF	Goff, Jessicalobbyist	Maryland Association of Boards of Education	Written (PDF)
UNF	Cratsley, Laurel	Maryland State Department of Education	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ursprung, Patricia	Montgomery County Board of Education	Written (PDF)
UNF	Anderson, Zaniah	Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland	Written (PDF)
FWA	Cross, Dr Cashenna A	Councilwoman At-Large, Glenarden	Written (PDF)
INFO	Raphaels, Jennifer	College Board	Oral
INFO	Lamb, Laurenlobbyist	Maryland State Education Association	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsUNF 1

Baltimore City Board of School CommissionersUNF 1

BCRWFAV 1

College BoardINFO 1

Councilwoman At-Large, GlenardenFWA 1

Financial EducationFAV 1

KO Public AffairsFAV 1

Maryland Association of Boards of EducationUNF 1

Maryland Council on Economic EducationFAV 1

Maryland Latinos UnidosFAV 1

Maryland REALTORSFAV 1

Maryland State Department of EducationUNF 1

Maryland State Education AssociationINFO 1

Maryland State SenateFAV 1

Moms For Liberty TalbotFAV 1

Montgomery County Board of EducationUNF 1

Next Gen Personal FinanceFAV 1

Public School Superintendents' Association of MarylandUNF 1

Ritchie Pharmacy , Brooklyn Park, Md.FAV 1

Rocket Money, IncFAV 1

Social Work Advocates for Social ChangeFAV 1

Travis LerolFAV 1

YearFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVWhite, JoshKO Public AffairsRegistered for: Definium Therapeutics US, Inc.; Glaxo Smith Kline; IWP (Injured Workers Pharmacy); Maryland Legal Aid; Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association; Mobile Voting Project…

FAVMay, LisaMaryland REALTORSRegistered for: Maryland REALTORS; Maryland Association of Realtors

FAVMurray, RoryRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Council of Engineering Companies/MD; Association of Independent Maryland and D.C. Schools; Chesapeake Watershed Restoration Professionals; Kaiser Permanente; Lightstar Renewables…

UNFGoff, JessicaMaryland Association of Boards of EducationRegistered for: Maryland Association of Boards of Education

INFOLamb, LaurenMaryland State Education AssociationRegistered for: Maryland State Education Association