| State Department of Education Link |
http://doe.sd.gov/ |
| Legislation and Authorization |
South Dakota Legislature, Administrative Rule 24:43:11 - 24:43:11:02. Specific units of credit required for high school graduation. The units of credit required for high school graduation must include the following: (6) One-half unit of personal finance or economics (December 2009) |
| Links to State Bills |
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| Additional Links |
Personal Finance Standards |
| Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards |
YES Personal Finance Standards: Rationale Statement: A citizen that lives within his or her income has more control over his or her life while expanding choices. Having the knowledge and skills to understand, implement and evaluate various financial practices can help prevent or limit loss. Content covers income, money management, credit and debt, saving and investing, managing risk. (Adopted by State Board of Education, July 25, 2011) |
| Personal Finance Standards in Career and Techical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences |
NO |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards |
YES Grades K-12 Social Studies – Economics Standards: Becoming economically literate enables students to function more effectively as citizens in making decisions about personal finances and public policy. Personal finance standards are included in Primary/Elementary/Middle grades. Some South Dakota middle schools offer personal finance as a required or elective course. If not addressed in another course of study, middle schools may provide an understanding of concepts related to personal finance in the context of the economics goal. At the high school level, there are two sets of standards required: Personal Finance Standards and Social Studies Standards. |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Mathematics Common Core Standard |
YES Minor amount in Modeling real life math problems |
| State Has Adopted Mathematics and English Language Arts Common Core |
YES |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required or Offered |
YES |
| Personal Finance Course Required for Graduation |
YES South Dakota requires one-half unit of personal finance or economics for graduation. |
| Personal Finance Content required in Economics or Other Course Required for Graduation |
YES South Dakota requires one-half unit of personal finance or economics for graduation. |
| Prescribed or Recommended Personal Finance Curriculum |
YES State has a Syllabus of Personal Finance, Code 55027. |
| State Requires Economic Reasoning /Thinking Skills |
YES Personal Finance Standards and in Math Common Core. |
| State Standard Correlated with Jump$tart Financial Literacy Standard |
NO |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required |
NO South Dakota does not require personal finance assessment. |
| 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 |