| State Department of Education Link |
http://www.ride.ri.gov |
| Legislation and Authorization |
S.B. 3056
Effective without governor's signature 7/8/08, Resolution 373
Requests the Rhode Island department of education to create a task force on youth financial literacy in order to develop a statewide strategy, action plan, and marketing plan for increasing middle and high school students' knowledge of personal financial literacy. |
| Links to State Bills |
S.B. 3056 |
| 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 |
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 Rhode Island does not require economics and personal finance for graduation. |
| Prescribed or Recommended Personal Finance Curriculum |
NO |
| 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 |
NONE |
| Financial Literacy Education Bills Signed by Governor and/or Passed by the House and Senate |
Resolution effective WITHOUT the Governors signature, July 2008 Requests the Rhode Island department of education to create a task force on youth financial literacy in order to develop a statewide strategy, action plan, and marketing plan for increasing middle and high school students' knowledge of personal financial literacy. |
| State Appropriations and State Dept Education Funding for K-12 |
NO |
| Established Financial Literacy Month |
YES Passed. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Proclaims April as "Financial Literacy for Youth Month." |