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State-by-State Assessment of Personal Finance Education Standards | |
State Department of Education Link | https://schools.utah.gov/ |
Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards | Yes Utah just revised their financial literacy standards in September of 2019. The course is for juniors and seniors and must be taught by a CTE certified teacher or secondary certified teacher. https://www.schools.utah.gov/file/0ef7870d-abb3-4efe-aba0-f186609eee9d |
Personal Finance Standards in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences | Yes Family and Consumer Sciences has personal financial literacy standards within the course Adult Roles and Financial Responsibilities. There are also some standards embedded within several other FCS courses. |
Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards | Yes There are some financial literacy standards embedded within the economics curriculum. https://www.schools.utah.gov/file/d7d5cd0e-1433-454f-be06-23f09bb4f143 |
Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes Mathematics of Personal Finance is designed for students in their junior or senior year of high school. The course represents content from mathematics and personal finance that are essential for students who will assume roles as consumers, money managers and members of a global workforce. https://www.schools.utah.gov/file/d41abbe8-f7b3-4e24-ae1c-bd10c8cb79b7 |
Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes All students must earn and successfully pass .5 credits of general financial literacy for graduation. |
State Assessment of Personal Finance Required | Yes Utah requires that all high school students take a half‐year course exclusively dedicated to personal finance topics and students are required to take an end‐of‐course assessment examination created and administered by the state. |