Diving Deeper Into Financial Literacy

Rhode Island's requirement, in effect since the Class of 2024, lets schools choose a course, project or assessment. What that means for districts.

Oregon's Personal Financial Education requirement under SB 3 applies to the Class of 2027. What the half-credit course requires and where to start.

Nebraska's Financial Literacy Act has required a standalone course since the Class of 2024. What LB 452 requires and how to build the course well.

Mississippi teaches personal finance through its yearlong CCR course. What it covers, and where the investing unit tends to fall short.

Minnesota's personal finance graduation requirement applies to the Class of 2028. What Minn. Stat. 120B.024 requires and how districts are staffing it.

Connecticut's half-credit personal finance requirement phases in with the Class of 2027. What Public Act 23-21 requires and how to build the course.

Alabama has required personal finance since 2013 through its Career Preparedness course. What the requirement covers and where to start strengthening it.

Virginia has required a one-credit Economics and Personal Finance course since the Class of 2015. What the EPF standards cover, and how to teach them.

Tennessee has required a half-credit personal finance course since the Class of 2013. What the state's standards cover and how to teach them well.

Standards-aligned personal finance curriculum explained: what the CEE and Jump$tart frameworks cover, how they differ, and how to crosswalk any lesson.

What a personal finance standards crosswalk is, how to build one, and how to use it to prove your course meets CEE, Jump$tart, and your state's standards.

Which state personal finance mandates go live in 2026-27, which legislatures are still moving, and what to do with the year before your state's date.