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Iowa |
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| State-by-State Assessment of Personal Finance Education Standards | |
| State Department of Education Link | http://educateiowa.gov |
| Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards | Yes Iowa passed a set of 21st century standards for financial literacy. These standards are mandated for all students, grades kindergarten through 12th grade. https://iowacore.gov/iowa-core/subject/21st-century-skills/3/financial-literacy |
| Personal Finance Standards in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences | No Financial literacy can be taught in a family and consumer sciences course, but there are not specific FCS standards. |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards | Yes Per the legislation in SF2415, one half unit or semester of social studies may be awarded using any of the SCED codes/courses found in the attachment below even if the course is not being taught by a Social Studies endorsed teacher. https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FinancialLiteracyGuidance2019-2020.pdf |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes The financial literacy standards may be embedded in specific math courses outlined in the table attached. https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FinancialLiteracyGuidance2019-2020.pdf |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes In the 2019 legislative session, Governor Reynolds signed SF139 into law that changes the implementation date of SF2415 to the graduating class of 2020-2021. There is no stipulation for when the student takes the course, only that it is a 9-12 grade requirement for graduation. |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required | No |
