State Financial Literacy Policy Tracker
Does your state make you learn about money?
Some states make every student take a personal finance class to graduate. Some fold the lessons into other classes. Some don't require it at all. Here's where your state stands, in plain English, with a source for every answer.
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Find your state
Tap or click a state to see its answer. On a keyboard, press Tab to move between states and Enter to open one. Darker navy means a stronger rule. Striped means we couldn't confirm it from the state's own documents.
All states, A to Z
Tap a name for the full answer- Alabama
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- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
How states differ
"Required" can mean five different things
A full class you have to pass is not the same as a few lessons tucked into another subject. So we sort every state into one of five tiers, from strongest to none.
On the way
When the new rules kick in
Am I covered?
Check your state and high school graduation year
Get a plain answer, the reason behind it, and the source. It takes about ten seconds.