Alabama

YES. Personal financial literacy instruction PLUS a state Financial Literacy Examination required for graduation, beginning with students entering grade 9 in 2024-2025.

Students entering grade 9 in 2024-2025, i.e. the graduating Class of 2028 on a standard four-year sequence. 2024-2025 school year.

First binds the class of 2028.

Source: Act 2023-179 (HB 164, 2023 Regular Session), codified at Code of Alabama 1975 Sec. 16-40-12. Graduation credit structure in Alabama Administrative Code 290-3-1-.02(8) and (8)(a). Signing date NOT sourced.

How it may be delivered: EMBEDDED. ALSDE satisfies the mandate inside the already-required Career Preparedness course; the two approved courses are Career Preparedness (1.0 cr) and Career Preparedness B (0.5 cr). There is NO standalone personal finance graduation credit.; Source: Alabama — delivery model: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Credit value: 1.0 credit of Career Preparedness required for graduation (within 24 total), OR the 0.5-credit Career Preparedness B half of the sequential two-semester option.; Source: Alabama — credit value: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Instructional-hour rule: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
Below high school: No middle/elementary graduation checkpoint. The 2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies carries personal-finance-adjacent economics standards starting in Kindergarten. The Career Preparedness COS permits Career Preparedness A to be taught in GRADE 8.; Source: Alabama — below-high-school requirement: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
State-mandated assessment: YES - a state FINANCIAL LITERACY EXAMINATION is required. 50 multiple-choice items; 30 correct is the designated passing score, but a PASSING SCORE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION. Results entered in the Test Results area of PowerSchool SIS; waivers exist for certain special education students.; Source: Alabama — state assessment: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Who may teach it: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
State course codes: 22153G1000 — Career Preparedness (1 credit) (HIGH confidence) — One of only TWO ALSDE-approved courses that satisfy the financial literacy requirement. · 22153G0522 — Career Preparedness B (0.5 credit) (HIGH confidence) — The other approved course; the 0.5-credit half of the sequential two-semester option.; Source: Alabama — course codes (per-code confidence noted inline): primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Standards framework: 2023 Alabama Course of Study: Career Preparedness (2023 edition; ALSDE document version V1.0 posted 2024-03-27); Source: Alabama — standards framework: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
Funding a district may cite: Carl D. Perkins V basic grant funds, administered by the ALSDE Career and Technical Education/Workforce Development Section per the Alabama Perkins V Operational Handbook.; Source: Alabama — funding: primary source(s) named in the field text and at the linked URL; read and verified 2026-08-09
State agency contact: Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.

Facts on this page last verified 2026-08-09; every pack is re-verified on a six-month cadence, and anything we cannot cite is marked rather than guessed.

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