| State Department of Education Link |
http://www.ode.state.or.us/home/ |
| Legislation and Authorization |
H.J.R. 24
Urges school districts to require students to successfully complete financial literacy course prior to graduation. RESOLUTION 2011 Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:
That we, the members of the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly, urge school districts to require students to demonstrate proficiency in financial literacy by successfully completing a one-half credit financial literacy course or a program related to financial literacy prior to graduation. |
| Links to State Bills |
H.J.R.24 |
| 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 |
YES The state's Financial Literacy Standard is included in its Social Studies Standard, It is separate from Economics. Includes tools for payment (cash, credit, etc); Investment: state and federal tax; loans; banking options; budget; personal income potential, risk management, and investment. |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Mathematics Common Core Standard |
Minor amount |
| State Has Adopted Mathematics and English Language Arts Common Core |
YES |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required or Offered |
NO |
| Personal Finance Course Required for Graduation |
NO |
| Personal Finance Content required in Economics or Other Course Required for Graduation |
NO Oregon does not require economics and personal finance for graduation. |
| Prescribed or Recommended Personal Finance Curriculum |
YES State suggests curriculum resources. |
| State Requires Economic Reasoning /Thinking Skills |
YES Common Core. |
| State Standard Correlated with Jump$tart Financial Literacy Standard |
NO |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required |
NO |
| Financial Literacy Bills Currently Being Considered by the State Legislature |
H.B. 3111 directs the state treasurer to promote childhood financial literacy education. |
| Financial Literacy Education Bills Signed by Governor and/or Passed by the House and Senate |
A bill signed by the governor in 2007 creates the Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financial education in K-12 in public schools. Recommendations of the Civics and Financial Education Task Force indicated that assessment of the essential skills, of “Civic and Community Engagement” and of “Financial Literacy” should begin in the 2010-2011 school year. |
| State Appropriations and State Dept Education Funding for K-12 |
NO |
| Established Financial Literacy Month |
H.C.R. 15
Designates April 21 to 27, 2013, as Financial Literacy Week. |