Virginia Personal Finance Standards & Graduation Requirements
Virginia requires a full-credit Economics and Personal Finance course to graduate, for both standard and advanced diplomas.
Virginia at a glance
- Requirement
- Standalone course required
- Legislation or authority
- Va. Code 22.1-200.03 — Economics & Financial Literacy (Board of Education, ~2009)
- Passed
- ~2009 (Board of Education objectives; codified)
- Takes effect
- Class of 2015 and later
- First graduating class affected
- Class of 2015
- Course length
- One (1.0) credit Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) course
- State standards
- Virginia Economics and Personal Finance Standards of Learning (SOL)
What Virginia requires
Virginia requires a one-credit Economics and Personal Finance course for both standard and advanced diplomas, starting with the class of 2015.
VDOE maintains the Economics & Personal Finance Standards of Learning and objectives. At a full credit, Virginia asks for more instructional time than the half-credit most states require.
Last reviewed against official sources on 2026-07-15.
How Rapunzl maps to Virginia standards
Rapunzl's curriculum is built on the Council for Economic Education's six pillars. Here is how they line up with the Virginia framework.
| Virginia strand | CEE pillar | Rapunzl modules |
|---|---|---|
| Economics & the market economy | Economics | The Economy & Federal ReserveReading Company Financials |
| Earning income, careers & taxes | Earning Income | Taxes & IncomeCareers In Finance |
| Money management & budgeting | Spending | The Basics Of BankingBuying Your First HomePaying For College |
| Saving & investing | Investing | Welcome To The Stock MarketWhat Makes A Good Stock?ETFs & Mutual Funds |
| Credit & debt management | Managing Credit | The Power & Risks Of CreditHow To Make Loans Work For You |
| Insurance, risk management & consumer protection | Managing Risk | Diversification & RiskInsurance & Retirement |
Educators can request a full Virginia standards crosswalk through the Educator Dashboard.
Why Virginia schools choose Rapunzl
Rapunzl pairs a standards-aligned curriculum with a real-time investment simulator, so students learn personal finance by making real decisions with simulated $10,000 portfolios priced on live market data — not by reading about it. The curriculum scales from a three-week unit to a 28-week year-long course, which means it fits whichever shape Virginia's requirement takes in your district.
- 100,000+students have completed Rapunzl's curriculum
- 93%average financial literacy scores on national test over past 5 years, 24% above average
- 31interactive modules that can be customized into a course progression for your classroom
- 20+hours of gameplay in 2 interactive mini-games alongside our investment simulator and financial calculators
Teachers get an educator dashboard with grade export and standards crosswalks, English and Spanish materials, screen-reader accessibility, and a free national scholarship competition their students can enter each January.
Virginia personal finance requirement FAQ
Virginia requires a full-credit Economics and Personal Finance course to graduate, for both standard and advanced diplomas.
The requirement is set by Va. Code 22.1-200.03 — Economics & Financial Literacy (Board of Education, ~2009).
Takes effect: Class of 2015 and later.
One (1.0) credit Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) course.
Virginia's requirement is a standalone course requirement.
In practice that means a dedicated class of its own, taken for credit, rather than a few personal finance lessons folded into another subject.
The Class of 2015 is the first graduating class that has to meet it, so earlier classes are not held to the requirement.
Timeline: Class of 2015 and later.
If you are planning a course now, that timeline is the window to have curriculum in place before Virginia starts holding students to it.
Virginia Economics and Personal Finance Standards of Learning (SOL).
Rapunzl's curriculum is built on the Council for Economic Education's six pillars: Earning Income, Spending, Saving, Investing, Managing Credit, and Managing Risk. Those pillars map to every strand in the framework, which is why the same course can satisfy standards that are worded differently from one state to the next.
Yes. Rapunzl's modules and real-time investing simulator cover the CEE six pillars, and those pillars crosswalk to the Virginia strands listed on this page.
Students learn by making real decisions with a simulated $10,000 portfolio priced on live market data, and teachers get an educator dashboard with grade export, materials in English and Spanish, and screen-reader accessibility.
Request a demo and we'll send the Virginia standards crosswalk along with classroom access.
Bring Rapunzl to your Virginia classroom
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