State Requirements - Oklahoma
2007 OK HB 1476
Authorization:
HB 1476 Effective
July 1, 2007 - An Act relating to schools; creating the Passport to
Financial Literacy Act; requiring personal financial literacy education
to be taught in public schools in the state; listing areas of
instruction; requiring students to fulfill passport requirements in
order to graduate from high school; directing school districts to
provide personal financial literacy instruction to certain students;
providing for integration of instruction into existing courses or as a
separate course; granting school districts certain options; directing
the State Board of Education to adopt curriculum standards for personal
financial literacy; requiring standards to be incorporated into certain
state standards; directing the State Department of Education to take
certain action.
Curriculum:
Beginning in 2008-2009
school year, in order to graduate from a public high school accredited
by the State Board of Education students shall complete the
requirements for a personal financial literacy passport as set forth in
the Passport to Financial Literacy Act and any additional course
requirements or recommended elective courses as may be established by
the State Board of Education and the district school board. Mathematics
of Finance, approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Education, as an
optional a mathematics course with Personal Finance content and/or
rigor equal to or above Algebra I. As such, it qualifies as a course
for meeting Oklahoma's graduation requirement in mathematics as
specified in 70 O.S. § 11-103.6.
Status Description:
An optional
Mathematics of Finance course with Personal Finance content is
available now. A hearing will be held at the February 28, 2008, State
Board of Education Meeting for personal financial literacy to be
included in the Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS) to comply with
the law and provide for implementation of the Passport to Financial
Literacy Act.
Resources:
HB 1476
Department of Education Rules 70-11-103.6
Passport to Financial Literacy
Math of Finance Curriculum
Graduation Requirements
SBOE MEETING AGENDA 01-24-08
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