Somewhat Comprehensive |
Pennsylvania |
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| State-by-State Assessment of Personal Finance Education Standards | |
| State Department of Education Link | https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx |
| Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards | No There are not stand-alone standards for personal financial literacy, but rather embedded standards within the following curriculum areas: Economics, Family and Consumer Sciences, Career, Education and Work, and Business, Computer, and Information Technology. The state legislature created a task force on financial literacy. Every two years the task force makes recommendations to the governor and general assembly regarding legislative or regulatory changes to improve economic education/financial literacy. http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/CF-PA_Model_Personal_Finance_Curriculum.pdf |
| Personal Finance Standards in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences | Yes Standards for personal financial literacy in family and consumer sciences can be found in the course Financial and Resource Management. |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards | Yes The financial literacy standards are embedded within the economics coursework. These standards can be found throughout the curriculum grades K-12. |
| 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 | No While the standards are embedded within several courses and curriculum areas, none of those areas are requirements for graduation. |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required | No |
