The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District passed a resolution Tuesday to adopt financial literacy and economic justice into the LAUSD curriculum.

The resolution outlines a new personal finance class for high school students, along with the teaching of the current curriculum through a “modern economic lens that affects the outcomes of all students throughout Los Angeles.”

Board President Scott Schmerelson said the action was a long time coming.

“I believe this resolution will be beneficial to students in their lessons and to teachers, which may include topics they have been wanting to teach about regarding current economic events,” he said. “We must begin to teach our students about the current financial landscape so that when the time comes, they can address the issue of pove

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