Nebraska - 2017

Final Grade

C

Graduation Requirements

Is a high school course with personal finance concepts required to be taken as a graduation requirement? No, a specifically identified course with personal finance concepts is not a graduation requirement. Nebraska requires students to take 30 credit hours of social studies, which includes economics concepts. Local districts determine how they want to deliver the content. See: Nebraska High School Graduation Requirements (pages 5-6).

High School Education Standards

Nebraska has adopted social studies standards that include economic concepts. Approximately one-third of these economics standards are personal finance in nature. The economics standards required to be taught at the local district level must include these personal finance concepts. Local districts are required to have standards that are the same as, equal to, or more rigorous than the state social studies standards. See: Nebraska Social Studies Standards (pages 35-38).

Extra Credit

The Nebraska Department of Education provides an extensive list of financial literacy resources. See: Nebraska Financial Literacy Resources (scroll to Personal Finance).

Caveat

It is not clear how Nebraska measures student achievement in financial literacy or how the state monitors local school district implementation of the financial literacy education requirement.