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Illinois |
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| State-by-State Assessment of Personal Finance Education Standards | |
| State Department of Education Link | https://www.isbe.net/ |
| Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards | Yes Illinois’ new personal finance standards are based on the Council for Economic Education’s National Standards for Financial Literacy, rooted in foundational economic concepts. Districts are required to embed these standards in Kindergarten through 12th grade and they are required to be taught. http://econillinois.org/_pdfs/learning-standards/il-social-sciences-stds-effective012716.pdf |
| Personal Finance Standards in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences | No While Family and Consumer Sciences does not offer specific standards, Business, Marketing and Computer Education does offer a course entitled Consumer Education. This course has personal financial literacy standards embedded into the course. |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards | Yes All students, grades K-12 are required to be taught the personal finance standards that are embedded into the curriculum. |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | No |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes While there is not a specific course, all financial literacy standards are required to be taught in the social studies curriculum from Kindergarten to 12th grade. |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required | No |
