| State Department of Education Link |
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/ |
| Legislation and Authorization |
NO Legislative Bills NO Personal Finance or Economics Standards The New Alaska English/Language and Mathematics Standards (adopted June 2012) State Standards last adopted in 2008 |
| Links to State Bills |
None |
| Additional Links |
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| Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards |
NO |
| Personal Finance Standards in Career and Techical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences |
NO |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards |
NO |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Mathematics Common Core Standard |
Alaska Math Standards are aligned with Common Core Math Standard. Alaska did not adopt Common Core. |
| State Has Adopted Mathematics and English Language Arts Common Core |
NO |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required or Offered |
YES Offered in middle grades. |
| Personal Finance Course Required for Graduation |
NO |
| Personal Finance Content required in Economics or Other Course Required for Graduation |
NO Alaska does not require personal finance in economics. Personal finance content is not included in the required Economics course. |
| Prescribed or Recommended Personal Finance Curriculum |
Recommendation - Money Math: Lessons for Life |
| State Requires Economic Reasoning /Thinking Skills |
N/A |
| State Standard Correlated with Jump$tart Financial Literacy Standard |
NO Teaching resource for middle grades is correlated to National K-12 Personal Finance Standards and to NCTM Principles and Standards of Mathematics. |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required |
"NO The Commissioner of the Department of Education & Early Development has determined the new standards will be assessed in spring 2016. This will allow districts a four-year transition period from the Grade Level Expectations (GLE) to the Next Generation Standards." |
| Financial Literacy Bills Currently Being Considered by the State Legislature |
NONE |
| Financial Literacy Education Bills Signed by Governor and/or Passed by the House and Senate |
NONE |
| State Appropriations and State Dept Education Funding for K-12 |
NO |
| Established Financial Literacy Month |
N/A |