9th-12th Grades

State Standards

Financial Literacy

Each student shall successfully complete a one-unit Financial Literacy course as a requirement for high school graduation.

Types of bank accounts offered, opening and managing a bank account, and assessing the quality of a depository institution's services.

Balancing a checkbook.

Basic principles of money management, such as spending, credit, credit scores, and managing debt, including retail and credit card debt.

Completing a loan application.

Receiving an inheritance and related implications.

Basic principles of personal insurance policies.

Computing federal income taxes.

Local tax assessments.

Computing interest rates by various mechanisms.

Simple contracts.

Contesting an incorrect billing statement.

Types of savings and investments.

State and federal laws concerning finance.