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Tennessee |
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| State-by-State Assessment of Personal Finance Education Standards | |
| State Department of Education Link | https://www.tn.gov/education.html |
| Stand-Alone Personal Finance Standards | Yes Tennessee has stand-alone personal financial literacy standards. Students grades 9-12 are required to earn .5 credits of financial literacy for graduation. https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/financialinstitutions/images/DOE-TN-cte_std_personal_finance.pdf |
| Personal Finance Standards in Career and Technical Education (CTE), Family and Consumer Sciences | No Family and Consumer Sciences does not have a personal financial literacy course, but Agriculture Education has a course that counts toward the personal financial literacy requirement. |
| Personal Finance Embedded in Social Studies or Economics Standards | No There are minimal standards embedded within the economics curriculum. |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes Tennessee offers a course entitled Financial Math. There are some financial literacy topics embedded with in this course. https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/education/standards/math/stds_math.pdf |
| Personal Finance or Financial Literacy Course Required for Graduation or Required to be Offered | Yes Beginning with the high school graduating class of 2013, Tennessee students now must complete a ½ semester class on personal financial education, as a graduation requirement. |
| State Assessment of Personal Finance Required | No |
