Grade A for the Class of 2024. In 2019, a law was passed requiring students entering grade 9 in the 2020–2021 academic year (Class of 2024) to take a full-credit course (full-year course) focused solely on Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) as a high school graduation requirement. The BOE was required to adopt standards for this course that are at a minimum as rigorous as national standards in economics and financial literacy that were developed by the Council for Economic Education. Students taking this full-year course will receive the equivalent of a half-year course in personal finance. The law also requires educators to complete an EPF professional development course in order to teach this course.
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