learnfinancewithDelaware
YES. 'A school district or charter school serving high school students shall provide, at a minimum, a 1/2 credit on financial literacy.' Students must successfully complete it to receive a diploma.
Statute: 'Beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2026 through 2027 school year, students must successfully complete a 1/2 credit in financial literacy' to receive a diploma. On normal four-year progression that is the graduating class of 2030 (class year NOT stated in statute). 2026-2027 school year (first grade 9 cohort subject to the requirement) - i.e. the school year now beginning.
First binds the class of 2030.
- How it may be delivered
- Dedicated 1/2-credit financial literacy requirement completed within the social studies or elective credits already required under 14 Del. C. 152(a); districts/charters must provide a STANDARDS-ALIGNED curriculum with rigorous instructional materials AND EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS (a statutory requirement).
- Credit value
- 1/2 credit (one half Carnegie unit), which 'must be aligned to the current financial literacy standards.'
- Instructional-hour rule
- Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
- Below high school
- No middle or elementary COURSE requirement or graduation-style checkpoint. 14 Del. C. 4152 applies only to high school students. The 2018 standards ARE K-12 and set instructional grade-band expectations at K-3, 4-5 and 6-8, but these are standards-level expectations, not a mandated course, credit or assessment checkpoint.
- State-mandated assessment
- No statewide assessment or EOC. Statute requires only that the standards-aligned curriculum INCLUDE assessments (locally administered); DDOE reports financial literacy is not in the state accountability system.
- Who may teach it
- NOT YET DETERMINED. Statute directs that 'The Department of Education and the Professional Standards Board shall determine the certification necessary to qualify an educator' to teach the course. No determination has issued.
- State course codes
- Not yet verified to a primary source — we publish only what we can cite.
- Standards framework
- K-12 Financial Literacy Standards (Delaware), adopted by the Delaware State Board of Education (JANUARY 2018 (adopted by the Delaware State Board of Education). NOT revised following HB 203 - the standards PREDATE the mandate.)
- Funding a district may cite
- NO named funding program. HB 203 contains no appropriation; DDOE states its financial literacy recommendations 'would require additional fiscal support beyond existing DDOE budgets.' Statute encourages partnerships with public/private organizations for guest speakers, competitions, scholarships and professional development.
- State agency contact
- Delaware Department of Education financial literacy mailbox: finlit.doe@doe.k12.de.us
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.
The district awards the credit — no platform can. Ours is designed to align with the state’s learning standards, and it produces the documentation a district needs to award credit: the course object with its federal course code, a pass determination that shows its arithmetic, an hour ledger that counts only observed instructional minutes, and a verified record of demonstrated mastery for every student.